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TIL Computers can’t generate true random numbers (without measuring external physical phenomena like flipping a coin or cosmic background radiation)

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ZpXeB TIL that an encrypted copy of Microsoft Bob as included on the Windows XP installation CD to make it more difficult to pirate.
V708 TIL Pablo Escobar was regarded as the wealthiest criminal in history, with an estimated net-worth of US$30 billion by the early 1990s
7p1p TIL You can buy $10,000 shredded dollars for $45 bucks, straight from the government!
YVlZ TIL:While in a fight, an Oklahoma man gave his stepfather an ‘atomic wedgie’, causing death by asphyxiation. When interviewed he said:” Man, I did a horrible thing when I gave him that wedgie.”
KYVY4 TIL that NAFLD non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is now called MASLD. Stands for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease. Affects more than 30% of the population globally and rising. Key risk for heart disease. Main cause is insulin resistance. Weight loss of 5-7% can reduce it.