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TIL that when cyber criminals made off with $81m (and almost got away with $1bn), Bangladesh Bank was using second-hand switches worth $10 and had no firewalls in place.

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GAV11 TIL: That Idaho has a seaport and it is considered the farthest inland port east of the West Coast.
eE7D TIL of the Kentucky Bend, a portion of Kentucky surrounded on all sides by the states of Missouri and Tennessee.
GApdN TIL there is no blue or green pigment present in the human eye. Eyes appear blue or green due to Rayleigh scattering, the same phenomenon that makes the sky appear blue. For this reason, blue eyes and green eyes can appear to change color depending on lighting.
epArD TIL Andre the giant let rip a 16 second fart during the filming of princess bride!
b9XW4 TIL During the Revolutionary War the Americans received aid not just from the French, but also from the Spanish. The Prime Minister of Spain wrote "the fate of the colonies interests us very much, and we shall do for them everything that circumstances permit"