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TIL Sony made a cassette tape that can store 185TB of data in 2014

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APe7 TIL that in 2011, Mythbusters accidentally fired a canonball through a civilian’s house and hit a parked car.
b6p7E TIL that the term "rooster" for a male chicken was introduced in the 18th century specifically as a euphemism to avoid the sexual connotation of the the original term "cock."
x6JRD TIL that the inspiration for the 1965 book and 1967 film The Dirty Dozen was the 1st Demolition Section of the Regimental Headquarters Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, of the United States Army aka the Filthy Thirteen.
GAPe4 TIL that there is such a thing as a “salute deduction” in gymnastics.
gMw94 TIL The huddle formation in American football was first used in the 1890s by quarterback Paul Hubbard,who was deaf. Hubbard was concerned the other team could interpret his hand signals, so he brought his teammates into a round formation to call plays.