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TIL 99% of internet data travels along a handful of undersea cables

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b9oN0 TIL Ian McKellen rejected an offer to play Dumbledore after Richard Harris died because Harris disapproved of his acting, and McKellen had already played "the real wizard"
6901W TIL the original Apollo 11 guidance computer (AGC) source code for Command Module (Comanche055) and Lunar Module (Luminary099) is available on Github.
x64y5 TIL the Apollo 11 astronauts couldn’t get life insurance (for some reason), so they signed autographs for their families to sell in case they didn’t return.
neXOB TIL Earl Tupper, Inventor and founder of the Tupperware Company, Sold his ownership interest, bought himself an island in Costa Rica, and gave up his U.S. citizenship to avoid taxes.
X6rX TIL that in the history of the Earth, we’re closer to Tyrannosaurus Rex than T. Rex is to the Stegosaurus.