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

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N7Nve TIL that the famous classical composer Vivaldi died poor and no music was played in his funeral.
NXONE TIL that Yap is a island and the island also speaks a language called Yapese.
e0X04 TIL that in 2014, a Nigerian motorcyclist discovered what is now known as the Ibadan Forest of Horror - a site where 20 decomposing human remains and hundreds of human skulls were uncovered, in what is believed to have been ritualistic killings. 20 people were found alive.
6EPQw TIL that in 1969, Georges Perec wrote a 300-page novel called "La Disparition" which completely lacked the letter 'e'. It has since been translated into a dozen languages maintaining this limitation, including an English version entitled "A Void".
RJn7 TIL A Siberian Man fell out of a train in -40C dressed in only shorts, t-shirt and a pair of slippers and ran 7 Km (4.3 miles) to the Station without any frostbite or even a cold !