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TIL the famous sound of dial-up is the “handshake” between the modem and the Internet Service Provider before translating internet data into soundwaves.

by whatilearned August 18, 2022, 2:21 am

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TIL overdoses in the US have roughly quadrupled since 2000 data links below

by whatilearned July 31, 2022, 5:24 pm

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TIL about Q clearance, which is the U.S. Department of Energy security clearance required to access Top Secret Restricted Data. DOE clearances apply for access specifically relating to atomic or nuclear related materials. As of April 2021, there were 92,177 people who held a Q clearance.

by whatilearned July 13, 2022, 2:43 pm

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TIL In the late 19th century, the Royal Greenwich Observatory hired a team of ‘lady computers’ who studied data from the Sun, sunspots, and magnetic storms. One of them, Annie, married the head of the Solar department, Walter Maunder, and together they mapped patterns of sunspots over time

by whatilearned July 12, 2022, 10:43 pm

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Genshin Bra Wearing Data

by CopyPastaArchive July 12, 2022, 2:15 pm

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TIL that the Mars Climate Orbiter, a 1998 NASA mission attempting to launch two probes in the Mars atmosphere, failed because the landing data were calculated using the imperial system, but the navigation team expected them to be written in the metric system. 328 millions dollars lost.

by whatilearned July 4, 2022, 8:25 pm

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TIL Lewandowski’s 5 goals in 9 minutes, in a match with Wolfsburg’s, were the fastest in any major European football league since Opta started keeping data.

by whatilearned June 26, 2022, 7:50 am

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TIL that not only is magnetic tape still used for data retention, it’s relatively low cost, low error rate, and high capacity makes it extremely attractive for cloud storage.

by whatilearned June 13, 2022, 8:14 pm

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TIL that Voyager 1, the furthest man-made object from Earth, has begun sending incomprehensible data regarding its position, despite working fine otherwise. The fault is believed to be in the systems controlling attitude and articulation, even as the craft keeps it’s antenna directed at Earth.

by whatilearned June 13, 2022, 5:18 pm

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I was arrested for having an unhealthy attraction to large amounts of data

by cringeyjokesman June 13, 2022, 7:23 am

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TIL that New Hampshire is the only state with no adult seatbelt laws. Seatbelts are only required for minors ages 17 and under in that state. According to 2017 data from the U.S. Department of Transportation, it also had the lowest percentage of seatbelt useage among the 50 states, at just 67.6%.

by whatilearned June 12, 2022, 9:27 pm

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TIL since the 1940s, the US government sends special planes into the eyes of hurricanes to track their path. They fly through them, continuously, for the duration of the storm. The data collected from the plane is the only way to precisely locate the eye of the storm. It’s called fixing the eye.

by whatilearned June 1, 2022, 12:36 am

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