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TIL micro sd cards have a theoretical maximum storage capacity of 2 TB !

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p8Xdp TIL Over 100 bronze Roman dodecahedrons "from the 2nd to 4th centuries AD" have been unearthed over the past three centuries. No written sources from the period mention these objects, and scholars continue to speculate about their mysterious purpose.
xKVo TIL Your biological clock lowers your body temperature at night. There is a reason why getting out of a warm bed is so hard in the morning.
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