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TIL There were only 3 billion humans in 1960
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TIL That IQ can decrease by an average of 13% when people are more stressed
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TIL it's called Firmware because it exists on the boundary between Hardware and Software
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TIL that the world's oldest known message in a bottle was discovered on an Australian beach, having been thrown into the ocean over 132 years ago by a German ship's crew as part of a scientific experiment.
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TIL: There is a disorder, Williams Syndrome, where sufferers will befriend anyone.
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TIL of the Fresnel lens, a specially crafted type of lens commonly used in lighthouses. Its design allows for a large aperture and short focal length without requiring the lens to be massive and heavy like a traditional convex lens. It also looks like a work of art.