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TIL that Mohamed M. Atalla an Egyptian engineer, physical chemist, cryptographer, inventor and entrepreneur invented the MOSFET and the PIN

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waX6 TIL in 2005 an Oklahoma judge was caught using a penis pump and oiling himself up during criminal trials. Court employees reported hearing strange whooshing sounds, and thought the judge might be tying fishing lures underneath the bench.
keL1 TIL the word crackpot came from poor English people who went crazy from drinking tea steeped in cracked ceramic pots that had lead cores.
r1yo TIL In Britain, after the end of a TV show there’s a power surge demand of 3 Gigawatts in 5 minutes as 1.5m Kettles are put on - so much France sends 600Megawatts of power
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