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TIL That in response to a lawsuit, hackers from the Anonymous group took PlayStation network offline for 23 days and leaked the creditcard informations of 77 million users

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x6XJ1 TIL In Romance and other European languages, Hellas is named "Greece" after the Grecians, a Hellenic tribe which colonized southern Italy and interacted with the Romans, who used their name to refer to all Helenes.
WkYOo TIL that the infamous Winchester Mystery House was not constantly under construction to ward off evil spirits, but because the introverted Sarah Winchester wanted an excuse to not have guests over
KOe0G TIL that from 2005 to 2013 there were two Albert IIs reigning as heads of state: Albert II, King of the Belgians, and Albert II, Prince of Monaco
Vmep TIL Crows are monogamous and raise families together. Offspring from previous seasons even remain with the family to help rear new nestlings.
Y7PYG TIL microwaving liquids creates an unusual heat convection effect, which consistently makes the top of the liquid much hotter than the bottom