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TIL In 2017, Tesla’s “Mothership” network was hacked by a white hat. The vulnerability was proven to the Tesla head of cyber security by summoning a nearby Tesla while he was on the phone with the hacker. The hacker was paid $50k as bug bounty reward.

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GG6Q TIL Texas Billionaire T. Cullen Davis hired a hit man to kill his wife which caused the death of his stepdaughter. He later was caught on tape arranging for a hit man to kill his wife and the judge overseeing his divorce proceedings. He was acquitted both times.
8G7b TIL over 6,000 Americans go to the emergency room for injuries opening plastic packaging
Z8oND TIL that a orchidectomy to check for cancer is completely unnecessary because the risk of a needle biopsy spreading cancer is completely theoretical and has never happened in the real word.
BrEOW TIL In 2018, the President of Liberia declared that the University of Liberia and all other public universities in Liberia tuition free, making Liberia an example to other African nations on the continent
a8rGZ TIL: The National Institute of Health timed men ejaculating using a stopwatch to study premature ejaculation. They found the average to be 7minutes, but the range was 1 minute to an hour. The treatments suggested were using specific techniques, medication such as SSRIs, and sex therapy.