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TIL That CERN collects 30 petabytes of data (3 x 10^10Mb) every year from smashing protons together in the Large Hadron Collider

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jy9j TIL Disney once threatened to sue three daycare centers for painting Disney characters on their walls.
jNbPQ TIL that Mother Teresa was a horrible person. The patients in her institutes suffered from a shortage of food, painkillers, and even basic care. The conditions in her missions were once compared to a concentration camp. And all this while, she raised millions of dollars.
glN8 TIL Christianity existed in China as early as 635 AD
XEQNQ TIL 1 out of every 2,000 residents in the United States are imprisoned for life, the highest rate in the world
aDb9 Today I learned that Chocolate Milk was invented in Ireland