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TIL modern processors run mostly powered off (in sections) so they don't melt immediately

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oLj7 TIL that the International Space Station has been connected to the regular terrestrial Internet since January 22, 2010 when the first unassisted tweet was posted
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oRo8 TIL Ben Franklin, when asked for advice on choosing a mistress, stated that he preferred older women over younger women and gave reasons why.
5w89 TIL: In 2006 Ireland blocked the US from transporting arms to Israel through Shannon Airport, “segments of the Irish public see the airport as a symbol of Irish complicity in perceived US wrongdoing in the Middle East.”
VMMmm TIL that there is a company that records the random movement of lava lamps to generate random numbers for encryption services