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TIL that in July, after receiving a warning from the FBI on his PC, Jay Matthew Riley turned himself in to police for possessing child pornography. The warning was fake and generated by a worm that had infected his computer.

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GAYj7 TIL Neanderthals sailed the Mediterranean. Stone tools, of the kind made by Neanderthals, were found in areas that were known to be distant islands at the time.
X0rGj TIL that the Isles of Scilly and the Netherlands were in a bloodless war for 335 years, which officially ended in 1986
LQpyd TIL there is a restaurant chain in Australia called Karen's Diner which is advertised as an unpleasant dining experience and that staff are instructed to insult customers throughout their meal.
yQPV TIL Jacklyn H. Lucas, who joined the Marines when he was 14, stormed Iwo Jima when he was 17, and is one of the few people in the world to have fallen on not one, but two grenades to save comrades, and survive.
neBnb TIL that if USC is a country, it would be 12th in the number of medals won in the Olympics