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TIL the internet has a weight, calculated in 2007 to be about 60 grams, or 6 micrograms, depending which method you use to calculate the weight of the active electrons necessary to sustain it

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dD4aQ TIL that the Nile River is the longest river in the world (~6,850km) and encompasses the third-largest drainage area (~3.4M sq km), but has only the 98th largest average discharge volume (~2,830 cu m/s)
wLg1W TIL that the Japanese word for “brown” is 茶色 (cha-iro). The first character means “tea”, and the second one means “colour”. Thus, literally translated, it means “tea colour”.
E1Anw TIL a person survived 17 days under the rubble of department store collapse in South Korea that killed 500 people.
yQojV The Denver-based startup says its planes will fly at twice the speed of sound, making the trip from New York to London in only 3.5 hours.
rRVd0 TIL about Rose Fortune, the first female police officer in Canada and a Black Loyalist