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TIL in 1936, the russians made a computer that ran on water.

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mxk8M TIL: Cuba provides more medical personnel to the developing world than all the G8 countries combined
9wlNX TIL Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow regions in the atmosphere, like rivers in the sky, that transport massive amounts of water vapor from of the tropics roughly equivalent to the average flow of water at the mouth of the Mississippi River. They can unleash heavy rain and cause severe flooding.
ANoJx TIL some schools of fish are so loud due to the constant chatter that it is not only dangerous to snorkel among them -- "as loud as a lawnmower or chainsaw” -- but they can also be heard in boats above the water as a faint rumbling noise
XWrQ TIL that most Kpop (Korean Pop) stars are molded for years in ‘bootcamps’ where they are charged for their housing and dance/singing lessons, before being signed under “slave contracts” that allow their agencies to control their wardrobe, diets, love lives, and their behavior.
xVL95 TIL that your life really does flash before your eyes when you die. A study interviewing participants with "near death" experiences found that they re-witnessed very emotional experiences again, and lost all sense of time. One subject said "It was like being there for centuries."