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TIL in 2010, the US Air Force built a supercomputer out of 1700 Playstation 3s.

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KO9VG TIL there is an very isolated island in the Pacific inhabited entirely by the descendants of a group of British sailors who mutinied against their captain in 1789, kidnapped a dozen Polynesian girls, and resolved to "run before the wind, and land upon the first island the ship drives."
x6kWw TIL that a form of congenital groin cysts is linked to a "tenfold increase" in schizophrenia prevalence. Link is SFW - searching for "hidradenitis" is not.
b97Pa TIL there's a noticeable uptick in heart attacks immediately following Daylight Saving Time... likely due to people suddenly changing their sleep patterns, going against their "internal clock"
GAXGQ TIL that people of normal weight with the apple body shape are at higher risk of death than overweight or obese people with pear or hourglass shaped bodies
dDJXj TIL that Disney in collaboration with General Mills released a mini comic book in which Mickey Mouse and Goofy was using and promoting psychoactive drug