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TIL hackers can steal data from your computer even if it’s not connected to the internet by causing the hard disk drive activity indicator LED to blink rapidly.

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01nL TIL that despite all the waste spewed into the Ganges, bacteriophages act as a “disinfectant,” devouring on organic materials and bacteria and killing them within 30 min of introduction to the river. This self-purifying quality leads to oxygen levels 25 times higher than any other river in the world
9GKr TIL that armadillos of the genus Dasypus (the only ones found in the US) give birth to four genetically identical young that split from the same embryo; i.e. they always have identical quadruplets; they are the only known vertebrate animals to exhibit this “polyembryony”
gMBMW TIL that there exist an old japanese Scroll, the He-Gassen, that was created during the Edo period. He-Gassen means Farting competitions.
rRpyd TIL that Japan withdrew funding from UNESCO after Nanjing Massacre documents were inscribed in the UN body’s Memory of the World list.
B54L TIL A 2016 study determined that drug companies withheld results indicating that anti-depressants can nearly double the likelihood of suicide and violent behavior