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TIL why you paid more for your hard disk in 2012: after Saudi Arabian oil company Saudi Aramco was hit by targeted malware W32.DistTrack.Shamoon, its owners sent out the company's private airplane fleet abroad to purchase every available hard drive, causing their global shortage and price increase.

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eprD TIL that there isn’t an accepted name for that noise-making party favor that rolls out when blown into.
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p8rPA TIL that during his early years, Peter the Great's half-sister Sophia cut a hole in the back of his throne and would whisper information and answers to him while he conversed with nobles.