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TIL In 1999 hackers revealed a security flaw in Hotmail that permitted anybody to log into any account using the password “eh”.

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JYEkl TIL that in 2005 a contestant from the infamous Hands On A Hardbody Competition killed himself after staying awake for over 48 hours. Other contestants have stayed awake much longer to win. The story made it to Broadway.
e0Ggg TIL: In the first few years of life, more than 1 million new neural connections form every second.
kJ1ae TIL about Ines Ramirez Perez who performed an emergency C-section on herself. Both mother and child survived.
Z8VD4 TIL in 2011, Conan O'Brien was ordained as a minister by the Universal Life Church Monastery, allowing him to perform a same-sex marriage in New York. The wedding, between a member of Conan's staff and his partner, was held on the stage of the Beacon Theatre and broadcast on Conan.
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