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TIL that the microcontroller inside a Macbook charger is about as powerful as the original Macintosh computer.

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oNME TIL in the fiscal year 2010-11 there were three incidents in which UK police discharged a conventional firearm
wLOGE TIL the Manhattan Project which began in 1939 employed over 130,000 people & cost $2 billion USD — $22 billion adjusted for inflation
JYLy4 TIL Early in his naval career, Horatio Nelson nearly died while fighting a polar bear. Wanting the bear’s pelt as a gift for his father, Nelson’s gun misfired and he attacked the bear with the butt of his rifle. He was only saved when his ship fired a cannon that scared the bear and it ran off.
ONAY TIL that the famous submersible Alvin is a real-life example of the philosophical “Ship of Theseus” paradox. “The Alvin” has been in service since 1965, but every single part of it has been replaced or upgraded at least once.
o8mW TIL that Mel Blanc voiced all of the characters of Looney Tunes except for one–Elmer Fudd–though he eventually voiced that character, too