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TIL the US Air Force connected 1,760 PlayStation 3’s together to build supercomputer

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GAkk1 TIL: The "Duck Walk Killer". In 2018, two people were killed in the same neighborhood in Chicago on different dates. It was concluded the same gun was used and footage noticed that the killer had a distinctive toes pointed out walk which led the media to name them the Duck Walk Killer.
XEnX6 TIL that in the biopic ‘You don’t know Jack’ the original euthanasia consultations tapes were used, Dr Jack Kevorkian was replaced using computer image technology to insert Al Pacino into the scene where Kevorkian would’ve been.
61eY TIL there is only one recording of Hitler’s voice where he is not giving a speech - a private conversation between himself and Finnish leader Mannerheim recorded in secrecy by a sound engineer in 1942
BgNLD TIL In the UK, drivers are not allowed to swerve or suddenly stop to avoid hitting animals such as cats, rabbits, foxes, ducks, pheasants or squirrels, if doing so could put other drivers in danger. It’s different if the animal is large enough to damage your vehicle windscreen
Z8MBG TIL that Gordon Ramsay was covered in gasoline and held at gunpoint in Costa Rica while he was investigating illegal shark fin trading for a TV show