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QJA6M TIL that Toshiba created the worlds smallest spinning platter hard drive (HDD) in 2004, at a size of just .85 inches (2.1 CM), which could hold 2 or 4 Gigabytes of data and was even used in phones and Apple iPods of the era.
QN0XM TIL it was revealed who forgot to flush in the infamous 'Disgustang' video. The younger sister made a followup video to admit to it in 2014, but it did not surface until 2019.
nemjP TIL in Aztec mythology, giving birth was seen as a woman's battle with the gods to win her child's life. Mothers who succeeded were celebrated, while women who died in childbirth were thought to become vampiric monsters called Cihuateteo, which stole other women's children.
J1naV TIL somebody has won the Kissinger Death Tontine, where people predict(ed) the death of Henry Kissinger after donating to an organization that "undoes some of the damage of US imperialism", winner gets some booze
XEOw8 TIL the Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea is 330 metres (1,080 ft) tall and was intended to be world's tallest hotel but these days it is the tallest unoccupied building in the world