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TIL In 2017 Hackers used smart sensors in a casino fish tank to access its network and steal customer data.

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mL1E TIL A Frenchwoman, Jeanne de Clisson, became a pirate in the 1300’s for revenge after her husband was beheaded. Selling her lands to buy 3 ships, they were painted black with red sails. Hunting French ships, when she caught nobles, she personally beheaded them with an axe.
Rd6Q TIL after a two year study in India it was found that over 60% of a Indian men’s penises are too small for the standard international condom. Creating a 20% failure rate.
eZEJ TIL Costco sells approximately 60,000,000 rotisserie chickens every year.
ANWrn TIL insect antennae are often called 'feelers' because the insect waves them around. This is a misnomer because they are not only used for touch. The antennae are actually the insect’s 'nose' - they are used for the sense of smell. The paired antennae are made up of a number of individual joints.
0wjQy TIL that, in June 2020, a team of researchers in Japan used a drone that shot pollen-dusted soap bubbles to pollinate a pear orchard; 95% of the flowers bore fruit, which was the same success rate as hand-pollinating