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TIL: The Smurfs has been called "kiddie cocaine" for people growing up during the 1980s.

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WkgB4 TIL that in a 2017 criminal case, the US government put the secrecy of its hacking tools above all else. Prosecutors chose to drop all charges in a case of child exploitation on the dark web rather than reveal the technological means they used to locate the anonymized Tor user.
xLZD TIL in 1974 canned food from a boat that sank in 1865 were tested on. There was no trace of microbial growth and the food was determined to be still safe to eat over 100 years later
epBVk TIL general anesthesia works in single celled microbes
WkrL TIL Neptune’s moon Triton will one day be destroyed by the gravitational forces of Neptune and the resulting debris will give Neptune a ring system similar to Saturn.
exWD TIL that William the Conqueror introduced a custom to UK. According to this custom, people would leave their homes and move to a summer home to aid the grape harvest. Due to the act of vacating their usual home, this custom was given the name: vacation.