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TIL about Atomgrad, ("Atomic Cities"). Small industrial cities in Eastern Europe set up just to run and support near by nuclear power plants.

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yVPo8 TIL about "Rose's Law", which is the "Moore's Law of Moore's Law" for quantum computation. It states that the quantity of qubits in a quantum computer doubles every 1.5-2 years. However, this results in exponential exponential growth of computing power.
aGGZ TIL of Witold Pilecki, a Polish soldier who volunteered to be caught and sent to Auschwitz so that he could report on the atrocities occurring there. After 2 ½ years as a prisoner, he escaped.
Rn6 TIL Hallie Berry personally accepted her award for Worst Actress for her role in Catwoman. Her accepted speech included the line “First of all, I want to thank Warner Brothers. Thank you for putting me in a piece of shit, god-awful movie… It was just what my career needed.”
DQQXD TIL the land area of Anchorage, AK (1706.8 sq. mi.) is larger than the state of Rhode Island (1545 sq. mi.)
g1y TIL that there is a company that uses human fetal kidney cells to develop and amplify flavors. They are partnered with Nestle, Campbell’s Soup, Kraft Foods and Pepsi.