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TIL that its not safe to work on a computer during a thunderstorm unless it is wireless

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eD1J TIL that when Mr. Potatohead was first introduced in 1952, it was just body parts. You used your own real potato.
4YKa TIL that when the Soviet embassy in Ottawa, Canada caught fire. The Soviets tried to take out the fire themselves and not call the fire department. When the fire department arrived the Soviets would not let them in. Eventually, they let them in only after the Soviets removed sensitive documents.
O4A4 TIL of the London Monster who pricked his victims in the buttocks. When people realised that the Monster attacked mainly beautiful women, some women began to claim that they had been attacked to gain attention and sympathy. Some even faked wounds.
5YXW8 TIL there is a gecko less than an inch long whose skin is completely hydrophobic. Without it's hydrophobic skin, because it's so Tiny, it could drown in a rainstorm. Instead it can float on open water.
0dpEy TIL about Ken Warby, the fastest man on water. He set the speed record in his homemade, wood boat in 1978 at 317.6mph (551.1 km/h), a record that still stands today.