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TIL the efficiency of LEDs doubles every 36 months.

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1bBV TIL that before 1600, a game of chess could be won by capturing all of the opponent’s pieces, leaving a bare king; a style of play known as “annihilation”. In Medieval times, players considered it nobler to win by checkmate, so annihilation became a half win for a while, until it was abandoned.
jNjov TIL Looney Tunes director Chuck Jones did not like the movie "Space Jam." When he was invited to speak at a dinner at Warner Bros. he gave his honest opinion. He was not allowed to finish and was escorted out by security.
QJQOE TIL that the town from the movie "Erin Brockovich" is still struggling from the same conditions that led to the original lawsuit.
XVyD TIL Michael Keaton refused 15,000,000 to play Batman Forever because Tim Burton was dropped as its director.
x6rr1 TIL that part of the reason the Mafia is so powerful in southern Italy is because Italian judges who score well on exams get to choose their post; those sent to work in Calabria usually request to be transferred right away.