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TIl that 46 BC was 445 days long and is the longest year in human history.

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BrjxD TIL in 35th fastest supercomputer in the world in 2010 was The Condor Cluster built by the US Air Force from over 1700 PS3s linked together running Linux
7rP7P TIL A Japanese man discovered the massive heat - transfer air currents known as the Jet stream in the 1920s. His work went completely unnoticed because he published his findings in Japanese and Esperanto.
loa9r TIL more than 50% of Earth is unmapped
ADNOx TIL that Prince wrote The Bangles 1986 hit single, ‘Manic Monday’ using a pseudonym.
OpbR TIL that Casey Neistat was commissioned by Nike to make a commercial with the theme “Make it Count”. He took the budget and spent it on a spontaneous and fun trip for himself and a friend, filming himself running at each destination. Nike was pleased with the end result.