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TIL that Togo, not Balto, was the real hero in delivering serum to Nome, Alaska.

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wokgW TIL that pistachios can spontaneously combust when stored in large quantities.
Y7gm7 TIL that there are nation states that are actively collecting our encrypted files and storing them to be able to decrypt them once quantum computing gets to the point to break today’s encryption known as Store Now Decrypt Later - SNDL. This scares the bejeezus out of me
6EXXm TIL of teenage serial killer Charles Starkweather, who killed 11 people with his 14-year-old girlfriend. After his first murder, Starkweather believed he had transcended his former self, reaching a new plane of existence in which he could commit any crime without guilt or fear of repercussion.
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