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TIL since its invention in 1959, the MOSFET transistor has become the most produced artificial object in history with over 13 sextillion manufactured

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aOy0 TIL that those that identify as “non-religious” make up the third largest religious affiliation group in the world, behind Christianity and Islam.
74bM TIL of Freddie Oversteegen, a girl with the Dutch Resistance who would seduce nazis and lead them into the woods where they would be killed
GVdj TIL the US convicted several Japanese soldiers for waterboarding American and Allied prisoners of war during WW2 and sentenced them to death
ywKV TIL In the Marvel universe, Santa Claus is actually the world’s most powerful mutant ever registered by Cerebro.
LB8Z TIL in 1994 a US Soldier in Germany decapitated his friend and brought the head to his cheating wife in the hospital who was pregnant with the other man’s baby.