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TIL viruses use compression in their genome

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KOXZ4 TIL that the number 2147483647 is the biggest possible number in 32-bit computing. In December 2014, "Gangnam Style" exceeded the 32-bit integer limit for view count, necessitating YouTube to upgrade the variable to a 64-bit integer
6EG4l TIL Actor Kal Penn raised over $800,000 for charity in the name of a guy who commented that Kal ‘doesn’t belong in America’
yPxV TIL Before federal wiretapping caught Eliot Spitzer in a prostitution scandal in early 2008, he had nearly exposed the lending practices that led to the 2008 financial crisis when he was Attorney General of New York. He was also known as the “sheriff of Wall Street” at the time.
l714r TIL The Oldest Living Man on Planet Earth (113) Says the Secret to a Long Life is Drinking Alcohol Everyday
9MeX TIL Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter while high on LSD. The MLB refuses to release footage saying its “an embarrassment to the league”.