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TIL In 1986, two Pakistani brothers based in Lahore wrote one of the world’s first PC computer virus to protect their program from piracy. When the virus got to the hands of American researchers, it spawned an entirely new breed of software, the anti-virus program.

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6e9X TIL Cumulus cloud weighs as much as 2.2 billion pounds (1 billion kilograms)
neg0W TIL that actor, director, and producer Orson Welles refused admission into Harvard at age 16 so he could travel. When he landed in Dublin he convinced everyone that he was a famous Broadway star and began producing plays. When he grew bored of the farce, he went to North Africa to draw pictures.
9KQD TIL that John Constantine is one of the only comic book characters to age in real time with his publication. This year he turned 61.
yjBe TIL early humans literally ran their prey to death
61nX TIL in 2004 Yale pranked Harvard into holding up “we suck” signs