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TIL that "butt load" is an actual unit of measurement, equivalent to 126 gallons.

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g1Ay TIL Flickr recruits coders with ads hidden in its website’s source code
9wAPD TIL that surveillance and assessment mechanisms are often unobtrusively woven into video games, allowing companies to build detailed profiles of the people playing the game. Researchers say the level of privacy intrusion is comparable to dating apps and social media platforms.
v1xnL TIL "Big Pool" in Garden City, Kansas, built in 1922, is the world's largest outdoor concrete municipal swimming pool. It holds over two million gallons of water and is so large people can water ski on it.
mx4Ax TIL about the culture of suicides on the Golden Gate Bridge; in a study of survivors--after 26 years--over 90% polled were still alive or had died of natural causes; nearly every survivor says they regretted jumping immediately
69Q5X TIL that Dead Space originally started as System Shock 3