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TIL recent US court cases have found that IP addresses alone are not sufficient to ID someone

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WQ6B TIL that there was an episode of Mr. Rogers where he learned to breakdance

QmpM TIL that in 1974 a man died from an overdose of carrot juice.

ADv5w TIL in 1942 Nazi Germany began working on a long range bomber capable of striking the United States. A lack of materials and the worsening war situation caused the project to be abandoned.

16lvW TIL In 1941 Rosemary Kennedy, the sister of John F. Kennedy, had a lobotomy at age 23. She spent the rest of her life incapacitated, and died 63 years later at age 86.

QNjbM TIL in 2015, Thomson Reuters experienced a "reply all" email storm when an employee located in the Philippines accidentally sent an email requesting his phone to be re-activated to over 33,000 coworkers. Seven hours later, the original email resulted in nearly 23 million emails.