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TIL that in 2001, a 15 year old took down the websites of Yahoo!, Fifa.com, Amazon.com, Dell, E*TRADE, eBay, and CNN

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ANrDd TIL that the longest musical performance in history is being held in a church in Germany, and it's set to last 639 years. The piece, "As Slow As Possible" by John Cage, began in 2001 and will end in 2640.
KOrGR TIL Darren Aronofsky directed a series of anti-meth ads for the state of Montana
DdaV TIL Over the past decade, the number of African American men killed on the streets of Oakland nearly matched the number who graduated from its high schools ready to attend a state university.
l6NN TIL That after using his body as a shield against a grenade and absoring 43 pieces of fragmentation, along with being shot 7 times by 7.62x39mm rounds, Sgt Bradley Kasal refused to quit fighting and his credited with saving the lives of several other Marines along with his own
78y77 TIL: In the early 90s the US interred HIV positive Haitians in "HIV Camps" at Guantanamo, where they lived in deplorable conditions and subject to abuse by the US Military. Cubans held at the camp were preferentially treated better.