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TIL the RTX 4090 has nearly 50% greater computing speed than the most powerful supercomputer of 2004

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pVpb TIL that during the University of Texas Tower Shooting in 1966, several frat boys and hunting enthusiasts rushed to their homes and trucks to get their rifles. Officers told them to shoot to kill.
NXdQP TIL the Kimberly Process, by which diamonds are certified as "conflict-free", has been largely abandoned as ineffective. Due to corruption and smuggling it is essentially impossible to tell if a gem is a blood diamond or not.
NXyke TIL slavery was not abolished in Ethiopia until 1942
epn9g TIL that in 1915 civic leaders of San Diego hired a rainmaker for $10,000 to counteract the effects of a drought.
78MEb TIL Some humans are able to wiggle their ears; vestigial movements of muscles around the ear indicate the direction of sounds a person is paying attention to.