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TIL it would cost $100 trillion to buy a 1 Yottabyte hard drive, the world’s GDP is about $61 Trillion

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jM9M TIL Scientists are working on a technology where the road can charge electric cars as they drive on it.
6EyYX TIL that the northern lights shows us why there is life on Earth.
X05ZD TIL Whale oil was used as the main ingredient in budget margarine during and after WWII until about 1955 when rationing was ended and alternative ingredients were available.
GEoj TIL that a 20 year-old book titled “Foundations of Geopolitics” outlined Russian goals to annex Ukraine, separate the UK from the rest of Europe, and foment racial and isolationist groups in the U.S.
k651 TIL that after Michael Jackson’s death, Google was so inundated with “michael jackson” search requests, they believed they were a victim of a DDoS attack, and blocked further searches for 30 minutes