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TIL Apple has a mysterious zero click exploit affecting most of their products that went largely unreported on

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neB4G TIL that IBM made bombsights, rifles and engine parts during WWII
dDZdj TIL that Buridan's ass is a philosophical paradox about a donkey that is equally hungry and thirsty, standing midway between a bale of hay and a bucket of water. The donkey is unable to make any rational decision between the two, and thus, it dies of both hunger and thirst.
VMMbD TIL there are more tigers living in captivity in the US (at least ~5000, likely much more) than there are living in the wild globally (~3200). Of those ~5000, only ~6% live in zoos and accredited facilities. The rest are privately owned, many living in residential backyards.
Z8ea4 TIL there is a Hebrew equivalent to the Yiddish phrase "oy vey" (a phrase expressing dismay or exasperation) - it's "oy vavoy"
J7A4 TIL that Macaulay Culkin (kid from Home Alone) bought Marilyn Manson his first pack of cigarettes