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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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Kg4Q TIL that a form of punishment towards homosexuality in Iraq involves using a strong glue to seal the anus, followed by the inducing of diarrhea, which results in torturous death.
9wyLM TIL that the movies in the Harry Potter universe have received a total of 14 Academy Award nominations, but only one win. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them won for Best Costume Design.
glZ4 TIL that is 2009 two men randomly decided to attack two men dressed in drag. It turned out the two drag queens were cage fighters in fancy dress.
A5Gd TIL Steve Carell owns the old Marshfield General Store, in Marshfield, Massachusetts. He and his family spend their summers there and he bought it as an “emotional investment … to help preserve a little piece of history”.
bE4p TIL The reason humans dislike nails on a chalkboard is due to an evolutionary response. The sound frequency emitted is at / around that of a human scream.