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TIL that at most 127 USB devices can be successfully connected to a computer due to protocol limitations

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Eg6Kx TIL Fred Noonan joined Amelia Earhart as her navigator on their ill-fated flight, and was lost with her. Because of Earhart's prior records for solo flights, many people believe that she was alone when they disappeared.
VMbjZ TIL Christopher Havens, a convicted murderer solves ancient math problem in prison. Taught himself higher math and solved the age-old math puzzle of number theory involving so-called continued fractions over which Euclid has already racked his brains. He then published the journal in January 2020.
AKd7 TIL that there is a non-profit organization that provides free course books. Free, not pirated. The organization is funded by the likes of Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, Rice University and the Hewlett Foundation and aims at making higher education available to more people.
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DQw7r TIL a sheep farmer in France became a national hero, wrote a best seller book and ran for president after he took his tractor and drove it through a mcdonalds as a protest because he hated what the fast food restaurant was doing to farmers.