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TIL Teen Marijuana Use Doesn’t Cause Brain Damage, But Alcohol Does

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J17O8 TIL Alan Kay envisioned the concept of the DynaBook in 1968. Originally called "KiddiComp", he described it as a personal computer for children of all ages and would offer similar functionality as what is now known as a laptop or tablet.
VpD TIL we could cure world hunger with just 30 billion dollars per year.
9YwvB TIL Quentin Tarantino owns an vintage cinema house in LA where he only shows his favourite films in 35mm film exclusively.
GAYyG TIL NASA estimates that Voyager 1 will have enough power to continue communicating until 2025, 48 years after its launch. Its fuel for running the communications equipment, plutonium-238 dioxide, will have decayed too much to generate the required heat to keep them operating.
eE5D TIL that mammals that live in urban areas have proportionally larger brains compared to those of the same species in rural areas.