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TIL that the middle out compresion algorithm in the HBO series Silicon Valley is a real thing and is used by Dropbox's Lepton compression algorithm.

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PjjG TIL Survivors of Australia’s infamous “Ash Wednesday” bushfires reported houses exploding before the fire could touch them due to the air pressure change, steaks found cooked well-done in deep freezers, a car moved 90m from the cyclonic fire storm and sand turned to glass.
9wdJQ TIL Austria's Coat of Arms is the last to feature a hammer and sickle in Europe
e0vYb TIL that in 1968 the french author and résistance hero Romain Gary challenged Clint Eastwood to a duel after he learned that Eastwood had an affair with his wife, the actress Jean Seberg
0OV5 TIL that the pacemaker, fridges, WiFi and Google Maps are all Australian inventions.
b6g9N TIL that the Fair Labor Standards Act -- which prohibits child labor in the United States -- does not apply to agricultural jobs. An estimated 79,000 children produce about 25% of the picking harvest in USA.