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TIL that there are publically funded content creators in Germany

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RWQ7 TIL - A hacker in the 70’s (John Draper) found that a toy whistle in the cereal Cap'n Crunch blew at the same frequency that was used by AT&T long lines to indicate that a trunk line was ready the route a new call, essentially allowing him to make free long distance calls.
694YY TIL: In 1962, a bear caused a false alarm at a US air base and almost caused nuclear war
PNxV TIL that the most expensive domain name is vacationrentals.com, which was bought for $35 million, beating out more commonly searched domains such as sex.com, porn.com, beer.com, etc.
oBv5R Today I learned that there’s a community called “dwitter” where people compose 140 character long JavaScript programs to produce beautiful visuals and share them with each other
waE TIL the creator of Calvin and Hobbes, who after the comic’s end became a recluse and evaded interviews and fans, revealed new art after a 16 year absence (an oil painting) to support a cartoonist with Parkinson’s.