Mr. Lance E Sloan (IRL) ๐คResearchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology calculated that the human brain can process images in as LITLE as 13 milliseconds.
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Evidently, it takes much longer than that to recognize typos.
A single Bitcoin transaction uses enough electricity to power the average U.S. household for more than a month.
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In 1897, the Indiana state legislature nearly passed a bill defining ฯ (pi) as exactly 3.2, which would have been a mathematical disaster.
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In China, builders often skip the 4th floor due to the number's similarity to the word "death" in Mandarin.
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The Keret House, located in Warsaw, Poland, is one of the narrowest houses in the world. It measures 122 centimeters (48 inches) at its widest point.
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Gravity Sucks...then it FallsDaily Six 330
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The first webcam was created at the University of Cambridge in 1991 to monitor a coffee pot.
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I believe that may have been the "Trojan Room coffee machine". I remember that.
The patent for insulin was sold to the University of Toronto for just $3. The drug's inventors wanted to ensure that it would remain affordable.
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That's where it started. How's it going now?
The Harry Potter series has sold over 600 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling book series in history.
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Despite its popularity & epic qualities, the Harry Potter series has become "The Books Which Must Not Be Read", because the author, #JKRowling, has come out of the closet as a homophobic, transphobic, bigotted monster.
Seriously, although it pains me to say, do NOT BUY Harry Potter books, videos, or merchandise. Defund Rowling.
