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TIL that NASA’s Apollo Guidance Computer had far less processing power than a simple modern calculator

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YpXNP TIL "claptrap" is literal: it means low-quality writing meant to goad a play's audience into cheap applause
yJwp TIL that after hitting his head in the shallow end of a swimming pool, a man awoke with the condition known as acquired musical savant syndrome. He had become a great pianist without ever learning to play.
1aDmP TIL that adults have protective services too, not just kids.
NVd1 TIL: It is illegal to try and talk a terrorist group out of using violence to further their cause.
p8DMN TIL The first virus that attacked MS-DOC is called Brain and was written by two brothers, Basit Farooq Alvi and Amjad Farooq Alvi, from Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan in 1986.