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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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W7XRL TIL that at one point, in 2020, the world's last Blockbuster in Bend, Oregon hosted 90s-themed sleepovers via Airbnb
NZyQ TIL that kellogg’s claim that their cereal “improves kids’ cognitive functions by nearly 20%” was based on a study where the control group was given no breakfast, and the improvement was 11%
oxZA TIL Nevada is the most magnetic state (highest percent of adults born in another state) and Texas is the stickiest state (highest percent of adults born in the state that still live there). New York is the least magnetic and Alaska is the least sticky.
vPwrj TIL that the Great Fire of London (1666) was made worse due to the indecisiveness of the Lord Mayor, Sir Thomas Bloodworth. He reportedly said, "A woman might piss it out" and shortly later, was close to fainting. It took King Charles II to handle the situation and damages totaled £2 billion
D15ke TIL the streets of London were once paved in gold: fool's gold. Martin Frobisher shipped over a thousand tons of fool's gold from what's now Canada to London under the impression he was shipping gold ore. When it was later discovered it was no more than iron pyrite to use it for road metalling.