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TIL that CPU manufacturing is so unpredictable that every chip must be tested, since the majority of finished chips are defective. Those that survive are assigned a model number and price reflecting their maximum safe performance.

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DQg8p TIL that there is an Indian metal ban called Bloodywood, and that when they went on tour they called it "Raj Against the Machine"
78JX TIL North Korea dug tunnels into South Korea to create a way to invade with out having to go through the DMZ.
bKA0 TIL Katie Holmes’ father negotiated a prenuptial agreement for her that reportedly filled five bankers’ boxes. Because of it, when Katie Holmes made her bombshell announcement that she was divorcing Tom Cruise, the case was able to be resolved in a mere 11 days.
VMVKm TIL German biologist Stefan Lanka, who believed that measles was a "psychosomatic illness", announced that he would pay 100,000 Euros to anyone who could prove that measles was a virus. German doctor David Barden proved him wrong and Lanka was ordered by the court to pay the money as promised.
RQXl TIL that the word “ok” as we know it today, as a synonym for “alright”, is only about 175 years old. It was originally written as a joke that went viral in 1839 by a Boston editorial writer satirizing people’s bad grammar and use of abbreviations, and was an abbreviation for “oll korrect”.