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TIL Google became more valuable than Russia’s entire stock market back in December 2014

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B5rW TIL that Sony patented Smart Contact Lenses that can record what you see
jNY9M TIL When the Eagles broke up in 1980, Don Henley said in an interview that they would play again together “when Hell freezes over.” 14 years later, the Eagles released their comeback album, Hell Freezes Over.
QJLVE TIL that there were over 158,962,555,217,826,360,000 combinations to the Enigma Machine, regarding the codes it could use for messages. Yet, Alan Turing's Bombe machine, through just trial and error, was able to decode messages sent by Germans in 20 minutes.
yGnJ TIL: The US Air Force spent over $1,000,000,000 on software that was never used and is 1 of 9 programs 12 years late and $6.9 billion over budget
Oo7xY TIL that Kurt Cobain’s butthole surfers t-shirt sold for $8125