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TIL There was a time when AMD and Intel CPUs used the same socket, and could run on the same motherboard.

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rj41 TIL Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker in the Force Awakens was the same age as Alec Guinness was playing Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars
jOya TIL 4chan rigged Pitbull’s facebook contest so that he would perform at a Walmart in Kodiak, Alaska, a city with a population of less than 7000. Despite knowing what happened, Pitbull went through with it anyways.
QlL6 TIL Japanese WWII soldiers were found on an island in 2005 thinking the war was still going on
OoME6 TIL bison is North America's best option for meat because they can't be fenced in. They occupy grasslands and they increase the biodiversity of the land by spreading seeds. The result is a varied grassland that hosts butterflies, pollinating insects, nesting birds and a thriving bison population.
W7j8X TIL that Japan's most luxurious car the Century has not been positioned and marketed as a sign of wealth or excess. Marketing literature states roughly that, "the Century is acquired through persistent work, the kind that is done in a plain but formal suit."