Mr. Lance E Sloan (IRL) 👤Researchers 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 π (pi) as exactly 3.2, which would have been a mathematical disaster.
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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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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.
Art was part of the Olympic Games from 1912 to 1948, with competitions in architecture, literature, sculpture, music, and painting
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"The right to repair needs to extend to artificial intelligence." — Rumman Chowdhury
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