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TIL that a cyber attack at the London 2012 Olympic games was thwarted as the child hacker was called away for tea by his mother.

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wovwW TIL the international fixed calendar has 13 equal months of 28 days. Sunday is always the 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd day of a month. Leap or year days, not part of the week, make a long weekend.
rxE0 TIL Surfer Chris Blowes survived having his left leg taken by a Great White Shark, despite having no heart beat for the 90 minute trip to the hospital, during which the paramedics conducted nonstop, two-person CPR, keeping oxygenated blood flowing through his brain.
d89NZ TIL that binge drinking Alcohol can weaken your immune system and leave you susceptible to Pneumonia.
5aXB TIL of a theory that says society has 4 stages of approx 20 yrs: High (strong institutions; low individualism), Awakening (strong activism & art), Unraveling (distrusted institutions; strong individualism), and Crisis (destroy institutions for national survival). We’re in the Crisis stage.
5yND TIL that without an FCC ruling, known as the Carterfone decision, we might not have the internet as we know it today. The decision allowed connection of non-AT&T equipment to the phone network.