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TIL that an Apple engineer recreated a 2000-Year-Old Computer Using Legos

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NXkP TIL a baker’s dozen is 13 instead of 12 because bakers were afraid of accidentally shorting the customer and violating strict laws (wish punishments including losing a hand)
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