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TIL The Boeing 737 Jet Engine generates about 20 Terabytes of information per hour

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9YYV7 TIL - Robert Mercer's hedge fund's flagship fund returned more than 35% annualized over a 20-year period and from 1994 through mid-2014 it averaged a 71.8% annual return.
9Y5MD TIL of the National Film Registry, a selection of movies deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" and has earned preservation by the Library of Congress.
N7XaM TIL there was a Roman emperor named "Maximinus Thrax" who was allegedly over 8-feet tall and could fit bracelets on his thumb
peYZ TIL up to 36 hours postmortem sperm can be harvested through sticking a electric probe up the rectal cavity and zapping the prostate gland for 1-2 seconds.
XEmWE TIL that the United States has officially been in a continuous state of emergency since the September 11th Attacks.