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TIL That a Hard Drive’s data can be viewed with a proper Microscope

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awGgZ TIL On May 13, 1862, self-freed slave Robert Smalls quietly maneuvered a Confederate ship full of fellow slaves and their families, through confederate lines and surrendered the ship over to the Union army and went on to become the first black man to captain a United States ship
e0m66 TIL 2001 alone saw the release of games such as Halo, GTA III, Max Payne, Devil May Cry, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Metal Gear Solid 2, Ico, Final Fantasy X, Sonic Adventure 2, SSX Tricky, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Pikmin, and more games now considered classic blockbusters
b6MbZ TIL , as a congressman, future 20th President James A. Garfield contributed to the Pythagorean Theorem by providing additional proof using a trapezoid.
EgQdP TIL The largest blackout in history left over 620 million people without power in 2012. Despite affecting 9% of the world's population, the blackout was entirely within the country of India.
kO5De TIL the US military uses dolphins to find and identify underwater mines because they are better at it than humans.