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TIL a guy once jammed HBO’s satellite signal to protest their rates.

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NXavJ TIL Dean Karnazes ran 350 miles (560 km) in 80 hours and 44 minutes without sleep in 2005
4Zao TIL that a ‘virtual virus’ was released into World of Warcraft that infected players and spread throughout the whole universe. The behaviour of the online players was so lifelike that the incident was studied by scientist to prepare for a real life Pandemic.
ldJA TIL there’s a town in Norway (Rjukan) that’s in shadow for three full months of the year. As a result, townspeople have built giant mirrors on the mountainside to reflect natural light on their homes.
9Bom TIL Sean Bean often gets fan mail intended for Rowan Atkinson, who played Mr. Bean
bODa TIL there exists a network of USB drives embedded in cement all over the world designed to be dead drops for files.