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TIL in 2012, a sanctioned penetration test used an attractive woman’s picture on facebook and LinkedIn to compromise the CIA at the highest levels.

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EgJ60 TIL that right before the legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki quit his job to pursue directing, he was creating artwork for an anime series based on “Anne of Green Gables” - a 1908 Children’s novel set in Maritime Canada.
Z8Lda TIL Apple never paid a dime to the inventor of the computer mouse
GAY65 TIL that the popular manga/anime One Punch Man was inspired by the even more popular children's anime An Pan Man. The characters are a play on each other with their color schemes reversed and the play on names(One Punch Man pronounced Wan Pan Man in Japanese).
ryLW TIL that Jimmy Smits (Miguel) nearly killed a stunt man while shooting Dexter with a real knife.
wLJ6M TIL of Sarah Jones, a camera assistant who was killed in a train accident on set of Midnight Rider, due to unsafe decisions made by the director and producer. Later a movement emerged, and movie crews from around the world put her name on slates, as a tribute and a pledge to always stay safe on set