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TIL of the Wifatch computer virus, that instead of installing malicious software actively protects infected units from attack.

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5YRAr TIL the "golden spike" the last spike hammered into the transcontinental railroad, was immediately removed and given to railroad baron Leland Stanford who put on display in Palo Alto, California.
jNV8N TIL That Chicago is named after an onion. "The name Chicago derives from 17th century French rendering of a Native American term for ramps (Allium tricoccum), a type of edible wild leek, which grew abundantly near the river. The river, and its region, were named after this plant."
8eGa4 TIL in October 2004, it was reported that the Horniman Museum in London was failing to receive some of its email because filters mistakenly treated its name as a version of the words "horny man".
4XN5J TIL that Crazy Rich Asians casting was widely criticized for not being ethnically Chinese enough, not being Ethnically Malaysian enough, and using a non-Singaporean version of English.
G57Q TIL Ronald Reagan is the only US president to have been divorced.