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TIL that operating system Linux approximates informational anarchist communism

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lnba TIL: A Detroit musician living in poverty didn’t know that in South Africa, he was more popular than the Beatles.
epxGg TIL cancer cells are immortal by activation of an enzyme called telomerase, which is developmentally switched off in normal cells. Cell immortalization is a step that appears to govern the development of all human cancer.
nKbP TIL that during the OJ Simpson verdict broadcast “Long-distance telephone call volume declined by 58% and trading volume on the New York Stock Exchange by 41%, water usage decreased as people avoided using bathrooms … the verdict cost an estimated $480 million in lost productivity.”
1akW4 TIL: The first person to build a programmable humanoid robot was the Arab Muslim scholar Abu Alîzz Al-Jazari in 1206 AD
ZpYER TIL you can choose from over 260 different license plates in Florida