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TIL that in 2008 a computer virus was able to inflict actual physical harm on a number of people

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vPwZ8 TIL the first Asian-American settlement was the fishing village of Saint Malo, in present-day Louisiana. It was settled by Filipino deserters of the Spanish navy and escaped slaves in as early as 1763.
MeWRW TIL When Rick James attended a dinner party in Hawaii with Salvador Dali, Dali insisted on drawing him, sketched him on a napkin and gave it to him. The priceless memento became an inky blob the next morning when he smoked a joint and went swimming with the napkin still in his swim trunks.
QJW7a TIL that Ukraine lost 20% of its population in WWII; this is proportionately more than any other nation that took part in the war.
grL94 TIL the word "alabaster" does not involve the Greek root word "aster" (star) like I assumed, but is named because the material was used to create vessels that depicted the Egyptian goddess "Bast" and were found in the region called "Alabastron".
gM5QL TIL that the Germans ALSO bombed England during WWI