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TIL China's mass surveillance system, the largest and most intricate in the world, is literally called Skynet.

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GA9ag TIL of Albert Stevens, who was part of an experiment where he was unknowingly injected with radioactive plutonium after being diagnosed with cancer, ultimately for doctors to find that he never actually had cancer
D1vav TIL In LOTR from Bag End to Mt Doom, Frodo travels approximately 1,800 miles in 185 days. That’s an eminently achievable average of 9.73 miles each day. In the Hobbit, Bilbo, on the other hand, travels a total of 950 miles in 172 days — an average of just 5.52 miles per day.
WOKB TIL The best way to learn a language is through frequent exposure to its sound patterns–even if you haven’t a clue what it all means.
VBRpp TIL NASA has their own SWAT team
jNpln TIL The NYPD has a beekeeping unit with 2 full time officers whose job it is to focus solely on any issues related to bees in the city.