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TIL The first digital computer weighed 30 tons & was 30 m long. But when integrated circuits were invented, the same computer would weigh a few grams & measure 7.44 mm by 5.29 mm.

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Mel87 TIL that the most mass a planet can have is ~10-13x the mass of Jupiter. After this point, it's own sheer gravity begins to cause nuclear fusion and the body is classified as a brown dwarf (also called a failed star).
e0Lak TIL about Cat Island. The cats were originally introduced to combat rodents on fishing boats, but remained on the island and reproduced in large numbers, currently outnumbering humans 36:1
l7KXV TIL that a laser can get trapped in water
9Zr TIL Pope Stephen VI put his dead predecessor Pope Formosus on trial, dressed in Papal gowns and found him guilty of disloyalty and of grasping for ecclesial power. His punishment was 3 broken fingers and being thrown in the Tiber.
xQx0 TIL in 2008 a drunk guy faced battery charges after he was accused of farting and fanning the odorous gas toward a police officer.