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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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xVOmo TIL that Leonard Nimoy (Spock) was fluent in Yiddish
yQegX TIL Sacha Baron Cohen left the Freddie Mercury biopic over creative differences with Queen; he was told Mercury died in the middle of the film. Impressed, he thought they meant a non-linear story structure like Pulp Fiction but realized the second half would be how the band “carried on.”
5jQp TIL the Tolkien Estate forbids the use of the word “Hobbit” to denote the extinct species of human Homo Floresiensis which stood 1.1m tall
PYM7E TIL that since Dunkaroos were discontinued in the US in 2012, they are being smuggled into the country by Canadians called ‘Smugglaroos’
mxygv TIL that being outraged is literally addicting. When outraged, your brain triggers the fight or flight response and with it a shot of dopamine.