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TIL in 2002 Sony released a “copy-proof” CD to combat music piracy. Hackers immediately circumvented this design by scribbling on the rim of the CDs with a Sharpie.

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DjED TIL that dozens of North Korean “ghost ships”, many containing corpses, have washed up on the Japanese coast in recent years.
aVvy TIL that when Stan Lee was writing the second issue of Spider-Man, he accidentally called Spider-Man Peter Palmer, instead of his real name Peter Parker. The mistake was never noticed, and the comic was still shipped out.
PJE TIL that The Avengers caused a notable increase in shawarma sales.
gMpmX TIL “The road not taken” by Robert Frost, was actually written to mock an indecisive friend and intended to inspire no one.
rNlLy TIL the Cullinan Diamond, the largest gem quality rough diamond ever found was sent from South Africa to the UK by registered post, while a fake was conspicuously shipped in a safe guarded by detectives.