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TIL that there was an independent Jewish kingdom between the years of 325 to 1627 in Ethiopia, 321 years before Israel's foundation

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N78N1 TIL that the Apollo Guidance Computer, used in the moon landings, had 64 Kilobytes of memory and a .043 Megahertz processor. The iPhone 11 has 4 Gigabytes of memory and a 2.5 Gigahertz processor, more than 58,000 times as powerful.
D18WY TIL That high self-esteem has no impact or very little impact on a person's success.
691Zm TIL that Natural Spirit charges $2 for a single can of their sparkling water but charges $12 for four of them.
0wp5N TIL John Carmack would ask for a medium pepperoni pizza from Domino's Pizza almost every day, during his time at id Software, and it was even carried by the same delivery person for more than 15 years. Carmack is such a regular customer that they still charge him 1995 prices.
XEe4k TIL Scientists have developed a super strong, flexible Bio-glue for wound healing without causing toxicity It has been inspired by an adhesive material (glue) secreted by slugs that sticks to biological tissues.