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TIL when the co-founder of Pirate Bay was arrested he asked to phone his girlfriend so she could watch his house before leaving with the police. The police allowed him to make the call, but instead he used an app on his phone that immediately encrypted all of his computers at his work and home.

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OGgea TIL that an undefined number of rats, accused of destroying barley crops in 16th-century France, had a lawyer named Barthélemy de Chasseneuz. He cleverly sought delays, citing rats' age and health, and convinced the town to curfew their cats, but lost as the cats still ate the rats.
E1rWX TIL On a trip to Nepal, Apollo astronaut Stu Roosa met Nepalese who believe the spirits of their dead reside on the Moon. Roosa could not understand why a few of the local citizens treated him like a god, nor why they were distressed when he told them he saw no one else on the Moon
d8Ql9 TIL that there is a striking resemblance between Chateau de Rastignac (France) and the White House (US). It is speculated that the castle's plan may have inspired the White House's columns
l7x4N TIL Tommy Wiseau (of THE ROOM infamy) wrote and directed a new film being released in 2023 after a nearly 20 year feature film directing hiatus. It is called BIG SHARK.
x0e0 TIL Mongolia has a navy consisting of one ship, crewed by 7 sailors, of which only one can swim.