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TIL: Author Roald Dahl helped invent a new brain shunt that saved thousands of children after his own baby son suffered a brain injury.

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OZZg TIL that in July 2013, a fake FBI warning originating from computer malware led to a 21-year old turning himself in to the real FBI for child pornography and child sexual abuse.
j6ZQR TIL about a group of artists living in a mall space rent free. I also learned, apparently. How they didn’t isn’t a crime.
EgGd TIL that 48% of black women are infected with genital herpes
x6yog TIL that in 1951 Koreans were banned from the Boston marathon
wL0y7 TIL about the Reign of Terror, in which Robespierre, Danton and the Committee of Public Safety sentenced multiple people to the guillotine. In 11 months, 16,594 were killed, including allies to the regime. Both ended up guillotined themselves.