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TIL Eugene V. Debs ran for president of the United States in 1920 from prison after being convicted under the Sedition Act of 1918.

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oV9o TIL that there was a computer worm that would gain access to Windows XP systems, download a patch from Microsoft to close the vulnerability that it used to infect the system, attempt to delete the infamous Blaster worm (if present) from the system, then delete itself.
KbOG TIL in the late 1980’s a young janitor at a recording studio started recording his own music after work, playing all the instruments. The janitor was Trent Reznor, and the music became Nine Inch Nails
N7bBQ TIL that engineers have developed a ‘plastic’ which biodegrades in a month and won’t cause choking if eaten.
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