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TIL that the world's first hard drive was larger than a refrigerator and could hold only 5 MB of storage

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VBObG TIL: The Mouse Utopia Experiment was a series of tests designed what would happen to mice if all conditions for survival were met. As populations grew, social pressure became destructive to the colony. Even though all physical needs were met, the colonies collapsed in every experiment.
Lk41Q TIL as a prank, a man once climbed Mount Hood in the middle of the night and surreptitiously left a morning newspaper and a quart of milk for his friends, who were spending the night on the summit
nWwb TIL Google gives its LGBT employees special benefits to compensate for what the government doesn’t give
MewDB TIL of the "compute stick", a fully fledged computer that is plugged into a monitor like a streaming device.
BgKgd TIL in 2012 LL Cool J broke the nose, jaw, and ribs of a man charged with breaking into his home. His family was sleeping when their home security alarm went off at 1am, "sending LL Cool J into action". After catching the man, he held him until the authorities arrived.