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TIL DDR speeds are 'doubled' so 6000 MT/s RAM (incorrectly sold as 6000 MHZ) is actually 3000 MHZ.

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OojV6 TIL that gamblers in the old west were rarely playing poker, despite representations in films, games and other media. A card game called "faro" was the most popular form of gambling in the US until the early 1900's.
GYxDQ TIL about the Werther-Effect, the emulation of another suicide that the person attempting suicide knows about either from local knowledge or due to accounts or depictions of the original suicide. Due to this, in Australia it's illegal for media to report suicide as a reason a person has passed.
oBAA7 TIL the average age of a pig sent to be processed as pork is six months old
nWXXY TIL Polish Franciscan friar Maximilian Kolbe was imprisoned in Auschwitz during WWII. When 10 men were chosen for execution to deter escapes, one man lamented losing his family. Kolbe stepped in, sacrificing his life so the man could live, embodying hope amidst the Holocaust's horrors.
woZ66 TIL chickens sing an "egg song" that can go on for several minutes after laying an egg, and we're not sure why.