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

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e01OD TIL despite being 200 miles away from the ocean, a beluga whale skeleton was found in Charlotte, Vermont, USA and is the result of an ice sheet pushing down the North American continent.
0y8j TIL the last private owner of Stonehenge, upon gifting it to the public, stipulated that the public should never have to pay “a sum exceeding one shilling” per visit.
9Ym46 TIL John Von Neumann was considered the smartest man alive by his fellow physicists. Enrico Fermi once told his Ph.D student: "You know how much faster I am in thinking than you are? That's how much faster von Neumann is compared to me."
Z8Nga TIL There is a replica of Noah's Ark and it was damaged by heavy rain
7Gor TIL Cruise ships are legally allowed to discharge (and they do) - raw, untreated sewage once they are three miles from shore. A typical cruise ship can produce up to 30,000 gallons of sewage a day.