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TIL that the Soviet scientists who developed the H-bomb were just as afraid of letting their military control the technology as the scientists under Oppenheimer

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1alKO TIL It took 50 minutes for Detroit police to respond to the call that Rosa Parks was beaten and robbed in her own home in 1994 - street justice was faster
emB4 TIL That Japan has 2GB/s Internet
v1Qx4 TIL Mars Polar Lander(1999) failed because of a bug in the software caused by the fact that the program in question expected the programmer to use the International System of Units (meters, kilograms, ...) in the calculations. However, the programmer had used the American System for calculations.
9YjrG TIL Since the 19th century, the average human body temperature has dropped 0.05° F each decade. Our average body temperature is now down to 97.9°.
Jvkj TIL: In the film “Foxcatcher” Channing Tatum’s mirror-bashing scene wasn’t in the script, Tatum got so into the role he frantically headbutted a real mirror and cut his head.