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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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1nkr TIL Director Richard Kelly sought permission from Smurfs creator Peyo for the scene in which Donnie Darko and his friends discuss the Smurfs’ sexuality. The estate allowed the scene because despite being graphic, it was accurate to the Smurfs mythology.
mdRp TIL that Japanese monks known as the Sokushinbutsu caused their own deaths through self-mummification, which they thought of as a form of enlightenment.
1ajNP TIL of Karl May, Hitler's favorite author, a conman who wrote novel's about Old Shatterhand, a German One Punch Man in the Wild West (who May claimed was actually himself, even though he'd never been to the US or even out of Germany at that point).
grLDb TIL that some older variants of the AIM-9 Sidewinder were prone to locking onto various heat signatures to include the sun.
Oo7dX TIL that in 1969 during the Murry hill riots in Montreal, the entire police and fire departments went on strike in order to receive a better wage. It took the city 16 hours to give in to the demands.