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TIL that the first anti-hacking law was passed after President Reagan saw the movie War Games and asked his staff if this could happen. A week later the response was “Mr. President, the problem is much worse than you think.”

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9QQB TIL Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, landed next to an unsuspecting farmer, and told him “I am a friend, comrades, a friend!”
W7kEd TIL that the “sailing stones” in Death Valley move in very short 15 minute bursts due to a very specific combination of rain, freezing temperatures and wind.
Rap8 TIL The FCC does not monitor for excessively loud commercials, but relies solely on consumer complaints.
LkYVr TIL:- Sachin Tendulkar was born on 24th April 1973 in a middle-class family, his father Ramesh Tendulkar was a renowned Marathi novelist of his times and his mother Rajni was an Insurance Agent.
W7or4 TIL Taylor Lautner’s wife’s name is Taylor Lautner