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TIL about Iron Mountain a company that operates massive Data centers. They have like 1400 worldwide including underground facilities in former limestone mines which makes them highly secure and energy efficient.

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AVnd TIL Julian Assange has been stuck in the Ecuadorian embassy longer than his maximum prison sentence would be, should he have been convicted in Sweden.
Z8DbQ TIL that a 'mirror box' can be used to alleviate phantom limb pain. The patient places both their good limb and residual limb into the box and the mirror shows the reflection of the good limb. This allows them to 'move' the phantom limb from painful positions.
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