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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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0OV5 TIL that the pacemaker, fridges, WiFi and Google Maps are all Australian inventions.
m1Obx TIL that John Wilkes Booth’s Brother Saved the Life of Abraham Lincoln’s Son
neD5P TIL That In 2050, Half of the Worlds population Will Be Nearsighted, Researchers expect eyesight to worsen across the globe thanks to more screens and less time outdoors.
jNLvp TIL that Aladár Gerevich, a Hungarian fencer, is regarded as "the greatest Olympic swordsman ever". The only athlete to win the same event 6 times, winning sabre in 6 Olympics between 1932 and 1960 (the 1940 and 1944 games were cancelled due to WWII). His first and last wins were 28 years apart.
neDNo TIL Alice Coachmen was the first black woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games in the high jump competition. She was also the first African-American woman selected to the US Olympic Team.