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TIL Genrikh Yagoda, a member of Russia's "secret police" was responsible for at least 7.5 million deaths, until he too became a victim of the great purge.

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DJ TIL In 1974, biggest drink McDonald’s offered was 21 oz. Today, that’s roughly the size of a “small” drink at Burger King.
EWGd TIL that “Greeble” is the name given to the texture applied to Sci-Fi spaceship models for the purpose of making them appear more complex
DLaD TIL there was a so called “helpful worm” that would gain access to Windows XP systems, download security patches from Microsoft to close the vulnerability that it used to infect the system, attempt to delete the infamous Blaster worm (if present) from the system, then delete itself.
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