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TIL people can hear if pouring water is hot or cold

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oRZwr TIL in 2010, Washington D.C. held a mock election and invited hackers to test its online voting system. They managed to elect Master Control Program from "Tron" as mayor, Skynet from "Terminator" to Congress, and Bender from "Futurama" to the school board. It took D.C. officials two days to notice.
X0pQj TIL that actor Kiefer Sutherland threatened to not reprise the role of Doc Scurlock in the movie Young Guns 2 unless he was given a dramatic death scene in the movie, which was reluctantly granted. The historical Doc Scurlock actually died peacefully at the age of 80.
awl0M TIL J. Paul Austin, CEO of Coca Cola threatened in 1964 to move his company's headquarters out of Atlanta if the city did not hold a celebration honoring MLK receiving the Nobel Prize.
VMRL8 TIL that Sweden has an underwater sign of an animated, LED gay sailor to deter Russian submarines from entering Sweden’s waters.
gavy TIL it is illegal for employers to have a “no-beard” policy unless it affects your job-related tasks