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TIL in 2008, MI5 released a 14-page document warning British businesses of Chinese “honeytraps”- that Chinese intelligence would use “sexual relationships and illegal activities to pressurize individuals to co-operate with them”, to gain access to computer networks.

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YZ7 TIL there was one US Congress member killed in the line of duty, Leo Ryan. He was gunned down while attempting to help families escape Peoples Temple right before the Jonestown Massacre.
5V0Kp TIL Sobhuza II was king of Swaziland from 1899 to 1982 which is the longest reign of monarch in history
e0L7n TIL before proposing to Melinda, Bill Gates presented her with a whiteboard listing out the pros and cons of getting married.
D1QLv TIL that in 1818, treadmills were originally created to punish English prisoners.
X0mQE TIL that the early 1910s/1920s Winnipeg Falcons hockey team was almost entirely made up of Icelandic-Canadians who had been excluded from playing elsewhere because of their immigrant origins. They went on become the 1920 Canadian champs and represent Canada in the 1920 Olympics, where they won gold.