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TIL An Australian hacker was jailed for causing millions of litres of raw sewage into parks and rivers

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JO41 TIL that while serving time in prison, rapper Tupac Shakur was asked for his autograph by a skinhead who said it was for his younger cousin. Tupac obliged, later saying that it made him feel like he accomplished something.
MBR7 TIL a 12-year-old Ethiopian girl was snatched by four men on her way home from school. A week later, three lions encountered the group and chased the men off. The lions stayed with the girl without harming her, before departing as police searching for her came near.
wLx5P TIL that in this famous photo of a man being executed in the Vietnam War, both the executioner and the executed have the exact same Family name: Nguyễn. The reason for the brutal summary execution was because he had slit the throats of a military leader and his entire family, all also named Nguyễn.
j67gn TIL that in 2009, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi publicly called for the dissolution of Switzerland and for its territory to be divided among France, Italy and Germany
R59aa TIL - Every episode of Seinfeld had unique an intro theme music. Composer Jonathan Wolff would create music for each, timed around Jerry’s intro stand-up bit.