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TIL preparations for Y2K computer bug costed world US$300 billion ($417 billion today)

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OGZn6 TIL only one US President (Woodrow Wilson) has had a PhD
law5 TIL the first recorded mention of whiskey is from an Irishman in 1405 dying of alcohol poisoning during Christmas.
BrKYk TIL that a retailer was purchased for £340 million, and two years later, sold for £1
OonYg TIL your brain is able to make a decision for you seconds before you become aware of the fact that you are making a decision
ADpLo TIL of the Wifatch computer virus, that instead of installing malicious software actively protects infected units from attack.