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TIL Active since at least 1998, "in concert with the CIA and FBI, (NSA's) TAO is used to intercept laptops purchased online, divert them to secret warehouses where spyware and hardware is installed, and send them on to customers."

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JYnWB TIL that a piece of art called "The Persistence of Chaos" , a laptop filled with six of the world’s most dangerous viruses (including ILOVEYOU & WannaCry) is on sale for more than $1 million.
rNEGW TIL Ohio is one of the top salt exporters in the country. 1,800 feet beneath Lake Erie is Whiskey Island's salt mine, a 12 square-mile mine.
dDx7E TIL that there is a Grammy equivalent for the creators of hold music called The MARCE Awards (MARketing & Creative Excellence). They are also known as The Holdies.
WNk4 TIL that the term ‘gargoyle’ only refers to carved stone figures in Gothic architecture that function as water spouts. Any other figure is considered a 'grotesque’.
VMJB TIL that Gustav III of Sweden considered coffee so dangerous he ordered two doctors to conduct an experiment on twin brothers: One would drink 3 pots of coffee and the other 3 pots of tea, every day for the rest of their lives. The docs and the king all died before the experiment was completed.