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TIL the oldest existing analog computer was created around 100 BC and recovered from a shipwreck in 1901 after spending almost 2000 years underwater.

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yY4w TIL that if Louisiana was its own country, it would have the highest incarceration rate in the world.
e0nJ TIL that director Lars Von Trier had to hire a “penis double” for William Dafoe’s nude scenes in the film “Anti-Christ” because Dafoe’s genitalia is so large that “everybody got very confused when they saw it.”
ep41J TIL comedian Mel Brooks "secretly" produced several dramatic films including The Elephant Man (1980) and The Fly (1986), and deliberately kept his name out of the credits to avoid mischaracterizing the films as comedies
grAD7 TIL that Arch Hall Sr. (who is known for cult classics such as Eegah and The Sadist) was an honorary member of the Sioux tribe, and he received an Indian funeral when he died.
l7vPK TIL Brazil found incarcerated populations read 9x as much as the general population. They made a new program for prisoners so each written book review took 4 days off a prison sentence.