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TIL that the Internet weighs the same as a strawberry: The weight of all the electrons in motion that make up the internet at any one moment is equivalent to 50 grams

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0KDp TIL that former FBI director, J. Edgar Hoover, liked to write on the margin of memos. One time, he read a memo w/ narrow margins, and replied “Watch the borders!” The next week was met w/ mass confusion, as multiple inquiries were sent to Border Patrol inquiring about any suspicious border activity.
pN8O TIL of Hero Rats: African giant pouched rats can be trained to sniff out both mines and tuberculosis. They are too light to set off mines and can perform a day’s worth of human TB scanning in seven minutes.
4k6OX TIL the Boeing 737 MAX, still being built new, runs on a pair of 16-bit CPUs to drive its autopilot and other related systems throughout the plane (incl. MCAS), using hardware that has not changed since 1996.
8Qbb TIL scottish scientists created a pizza that has 30% of your daily recommended nutrients. You can eat it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for a complete day’s worth.
epee5 TIL about Project X-Ray, also known as the Bat Bomb, which was an experimental WW2 weapon developed by the US. The concept was to drop hundreds of bats with timed explosives attached to them, let them roost in Japanese attics, and then ignite the explosives to make the houses ignite.