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TIL binary was inspired by ancient Chinese philosophy, the I-Ching. The same text that provoked Confucius gave Leibniz the insight to develop binary encoding. 64 bits also encapsulates DNA encoding.

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Lk9Vv TIL the main reason birds have hollow bones isn't to make them lighter. It's extra lung so they can breathe better.
yQK1J TIL of the sawback bayonet. When plunged into the enemy, this style of blade pulled out the victim’s insides when removed, causing an exceptionally painful death. French and British soldiers would execute captured germans on sight who were in possession of the blade.
yQw5p TIL that E is the most used letter in the English language, at 13%, and Z is the least used, at 0.074%
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