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TIL that pendrives found on the street may not only have malwares (software threats) but could also be disguised USB killers (hardware threats).

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VOZD TIL Salvation Army and Goodwill have almost singlehandedly crippled Africa’s clothing industry
rRYox TIL: After WWII, despite signing an agreement to share nuclear information with the UK in exchange for their scientist's help, the US lost the physical copy of the agreement, questioned its authenticity when a copy was sent, and denied British scientists access to their own papers.
N75YM TIL about Wonderland. A Boeing bomber facotory from WWII on the West coast that built a fake residential town on its roof to camouflage it from potential ememy airstrikes
Lk4lV TIL of Eugène-François Vidocq, a formal criminal who founded the first Private Detective agency in 1833. He mostly hired ex-convicts. His innovations include taking a plaster cast of a shoe print and introducing undercover work. He claims to have never informed on someone who stole for real need.
Q96E TIL A nursing home shut down and staff went home even though there was more than a dozen patients STILL THERE. Cook and Janitor stayed and cared for them for two days!!