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TIL that in the 19th century people called homosexuals “Uranian”

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4k6r5 TIL about the Carna botnet. A non malicious botnet that took over 400,000 computers and collected and published data. Over 1.2M computers had admin access with no password or the password “admin”.
QN7Z9 TIL about the fast food chain "Rax Roast Beef" which at one time operated a peak of 504 locations in the US in the 1980's, but due to continuous changes in its business model and shifting focus away from its core clientele eventually declined to just 8 locations today.
Z8gQp TIL that some people are more sensitive to light at night due to the way the hormones controlling our 'body clocks' have been altered by artifical lighting
XmDr TIL there’s an ongoing “loudness war” in the music industry that is being condemned by Bob Dylan and Alan Parsons. The Dynamic Range Reduction on new releases is decreasing the quality of the audio and creating a distorted “wall of sound” effect.
wooj6 TIL about the Lilliput effect: after a major extinction event, the animal species that survive tend to get smaller.