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TIL The Sydney Opera House in Australia recently turned 50, and that songs about architecture could make me cry

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j09a TIL that in 1973 science historian James Burke predicted the widespread use of computers for business decisions, the creation of metadata banks of personal information, and changes in human behaviour, such as greater willingness to reveal personal information to strangers
4XMGa TIL that in August 5, 2013, on the anniversary of its arrival on Mars, the Curiosity rover sung “Happy Birthday” to itself using its tools to create the melody
ne9LG TIL when Macy’s added giant balloons to the Thanksgiving parade in 1927, they were released at the end of the parade. Anyone who recovered and returned one got $100.
xVZ1D TIL that the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata is the longest poem ever written with 200,000 verses and 1.8 million words. It was orally transmitted for centuries before being written down 2500 years ago.
X01E8 TIL that in response to fans demanding the show Metalpocalipse be continued, Adult Swim set up a live stream of the a fax machine printing the petition to bring back the show… only for the faxes to be dropped straight into a trash bin.