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Today I learned laptops needed to be chunky back in the day before we minimized computers to the absolute minimum size.

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d8ENZ TIL that the first written recipe for guacamole was written down by a pirate.
5Yrg9 TIL It took three botched attempts to behead Mary Queen of Scots for treason against Queen Elizabeth. The executioner finally lifted the bloodied head cried "God Save the Queen" only for it to crash to the floor as Mary had been wearing a wig.
bA9Q TIL Stalin had a secret lab to analyze the feces of other foreign leaders for the purpose of constructing psychological portraits. For example, a leader with high levels of tryptophan was assumed to be calm and approachable, while a lack of potassium indicated a nervous disposition.
Ob41 TIL Instead of dividing the backing vocals (low, medium, and high), Freddie Mercury, Brian May, and Roger Taylor, of the band Queen, would record each background part together in unison, twice. 3 part harmony = 18 “voices”. This is considered to be a key element of the “Queen Sound”.
1aXx7 TIL postboxes in the UK bear the 'royal cypher' (initials, basically) of the monarch on the throne at the time they are installed, and have done since Queen Victoria's reign - meaning you can very roughly ascertain how old a postbox is just by looking at it