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TIL A hacker who went by the code name “w0rmer” online hacked an FBI criminal database and replaced it with his trademark image. The image he left behind had GPS coordinates.

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gMGb4 TIL the Soviet Union hosted the "Friendship Games" the year they boycotted the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Participating nations included 8 other socialist states and the reserve teams from other nations that did not qualify for the Olympics.
ABwa TIL wild bananas are full of seeds and the ones we eat have been specially bred over the years to be seedless
R78w4 When you look at sporting achievements over the last decades, it seems like humans have gotten faster, better and stronger in nearly every way. Yet as David Epstein points out in this delightfully counter-intuitive talk, we might want to lay off the self-congratulation. Many factors are at play in shattering athletic records, and the development of our natural talents is just one of them.
ne16d TIL Family guy ripped a video off Youtube to use in their show without asking the original creator/uploader. Fox promptly claimed the video violated their copyright and had it taken down. Only when the shows creator Seth McFarlane stepped in, the content was reinstated.
GYYbg TIL extending an open hand towards someone is considered an insulting gesture in Greece. It's called a mountza.