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TIL In 1969 A book was published called ‘The Unfortunates’ which was presented as an unbound collection of sheets for the buyer to read in any order they desired with the exception of the 'First’ and 'Last’ Chapters

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kOBZ7 TIL of Dean Karnazes; Ultra-Marathon runner who ran 350 miles (560 km) in 80 hours and 44 minutes without sleep in 2005
g5PA TIL when a German hacker stole the source code for Half Life 2, Gabe Newell tricked him in to thinking Valve wanted to hire him as an “in-house security auditor”. He was given plane tickets to the USA and was to be arrested on arrival by the FBI
e0Mgn TIL that most of the tree is literally dead wood.
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