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TIL a good portion of the worlds web traffic encryption is controlled by lava lamps.

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0w0jN TIL Avatar (2009) was intended to have a different OST, to reflect alien cultures, and instead was replaced with more generic music after director James Cameron thought it sounded "too alien".
x6M6k TIL In the 1980s you could record a game off the radio, onto a cassette tape and play it on your computer
xVMlo TIL of Hilberts Hotel. It can accomodate any number of new arrivals, even when it is already fully occupied. Surprisingly, it can even accomodate an infinite number of new arrivals, when already full. In both cases however, all guests must move to a different room.
4J8g TIL that Peter Grosz and T.J. Jagodowski (the two guys in the sonic commercials) sit in the car for hours talking until Sonic gets the right material for their ad. All improvisation
rN0a4 TIL the total number of Americans over 7-feet tall is estimated between 85 and 150.