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TIL that the US Air Force built a supercomputer comprised entirely of PlayStation 3s

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e7r6 TIL in 1992, a man who was likely innocent of a crime for which he was about to be put to death uttered these last words: “I’d like to thank my family for loving me and taking care of me. And the rest of the world can kiss my everloving ass, because I’m innocent.”
kO7p7 TIL that there's a suicide method called "Suicide by Cop", in which a suicidal individual deliberately behaves in a threatening manner with intent to provoke a lethal response from a public safety or law enforcement officer.
ZLyG TIL that Albert Einstein’s inability to speak until a late age actually caused him to use “visual thought experiments”, such as imagining trains and elevators, while working on physics problems. This is considered to be one of the reasons behind his success.
1yDX TIL a Dutch nursing home for people with dementia puts actual-size stickers of their former front doors on the doors to their rooms. This helps the patients find their rooms and gives the place a familiar feel.
OoJV4 TIL that in August 1966, a few months after John Lennon claimed that the Beatles were "more popular than Jesus," a radio station in Texas, USA had a "Beatles bonfire" and burned thousands of Beatles records in front of a crowd. The next day, the station's transmitter tower was struck by lightning.