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TIL that in 1972 a radio was designed that ‘sneezed’ every 6 months in order to protect the microprocessors from dust.

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Me1VW TIL that Will Ferrell was at home watching a documentary on one of the first women to anchor news telecasts when her former coworker appeared on screen. He reminisced: ‘You have to remember, back then I was a real male chauvinist pig. I was not nice to her.’ This was the inspiration for Anchorman.
RDm1 TIL 34 years ago, Carl Sagan stated that the total energy picked up by all the radio telescopes on the entire planet in all of history is less than the energy of “a single snowflake hitting the ground”. The count is now around 2 snowflakes.
xVKxD TIL Pablo Picasso would carry around a gun loaded with blank bullets and he would shoot at fans who asked about his theory of aesthetics or the meaning of his works of art
W71jY TIL the unique, vibrant shade of blue known as "Voronet blue" used for paintings at the Voronet Monastery (Sistine Chapel of the East), Romania, contains a paint substance still unknown today. In 1488 builder Stephen the Great ("the athlete of Christ") finished the monastery in 3 mths, 3 wks, 3 days
P1LLe TIL the former CEO of Spirit Airlines has a podcast