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TIL Male babies get morning wood in utero

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grrm4 TIL that not only is magnetic tape still used for data retention, it's relatively low cost, low error rate, and high capacity makes it extremely attractive for cloud storage.
NXnb6 TIL about Gaius Appuleius Diocles, a Roman charioteer. He is considered the highest-paid athlete of all time. It has been calculated that Diocles earned 35,863,120 sesterces during his career, comparable to today's 15 billion USD
7rm1M TIL about Karl Richard Lepsius, a Prussian egyptologist who led an expedition to the Great Pyramids of Giza during the 1840s, leaving behind a hieroglyphic graffiti above its entrance, praising the patron of the project, King Friedrich Wilhelm IV.
GYN5E TIL Pope Gregory IX declared that cats were associated with the devil and had them exterminated across Europe. It's believed that the disappearance of cats helped rats proliferate and spread the bubonic plague.
pdPp TIL that when the Big Bang theory was first presented, most scientists rejected it for sounding too religious.