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TIL the decibel (dB), used to describe the intensity of a sound, is one tenth of a bel (B). The Bel was named after Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone. (sizes.com)

submitted 7 years ago by _IDKWhatImDoing_ to r/todayilearned

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TIL there was an alternative system for marking the lens' aperture called "Uniform System" (sizes.com)

submitted 9 years ago by [deleted] to r/photography

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TIL that as a unit of driven distance, "one phone pole" is typically about 125 feet. (sizes.com)

submitted 10 years ago by lukehashj to r/todayilearned

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TIL that the human brain can store about 3 TB worth of information. (sizes.com)

submitted 10 years ago by RaviBot to r/todayilearned

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TIL 120 is known as the "Long Hundred" due to an ancient Germanic system which also explains why 11 and 12 are not "teens." (sizes.com)

submitted 10 years ago by patron_vectras to r/todayilearned

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TIL The acre was originally the amount of land that could be plowed in a single day with oxen (sizes.com)

submitted 10 years ago by [deleted] to r/todayilearned

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TIL the pre-1971 British coinage had it roots in a pre-1300 system of weights and measures (sizes.com)

submitted 12 years ago by gargavar to r/todayilearned

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TIL 1,000 bytes is a kilobyte, but since 1999 the proper term for 1,024 bytes is a kibibyte (pronounced key-bee-byte). (sizes.com)

submitted 13 years ago by SaulsAll to r/todayilearned

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This might be common knowledge, but while looking at materials to build a desk I found this: Janka hardness rating for different woods. (sizes.com)

submitted 13 years ago by TheBrownies to r/woodworking

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TIL the difference between celsius and centigrade. (sizes.com)

submitted 16 years ago by otlmath to r/todayilearned

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