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TIL that the company that controls 10% of the internet's encryption uses lava lamps for encryption codes

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b9de9 TIL there was an original ending in the film "Army of Darkness", where Bruce Campbell's character wakes up in a future where civilization is destroyed after miscalculating the number of potions needed to properly return to his own time. Universal Pictures rejected it as too depressing and negative.
gjAW TIL that in order to popularize potatoes in France, Antoine-Augustin Parmentier placed armed guards around his potato fields, instructing the guards to accept all bribes and allow people to “steal” the crop.
4kVw6 TIL that in 1988 a man who suffered from severe obsessive-compulsive behavior apparently cured himself when he shot a .22-caliber bullet through the front of his brain while attempting suicide
X0G16 TIL Chicago's last Republican mayor, Big Bill, was elected 97 years ago and held an open alliance with Al Capone. Following his 1927 victory, Big Bill's supporters flooded onto his floating Speakeasy and it sank under their weight.
KOPd9 TIL of Adolfo Kaminsky, a 18 year-old French forger who faked IDs for Jews during WWII. He once worked for 3 days straight to make papers for 300 children until he passed out. He kept his work a secret - his own daughter only learned the details while writing a book about him.