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TIL in Sept 2023 MGM Resorts International & Caesars Entertainment were both hit by ransomware attacks from the same group. Caesars paid a $15m ransom instead of the $30m the attackers had demanded, however MGM refused to pay & had its operations shut down for several days which led to a $100m loss.

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VMkjZ This Dreamliner weighs 130,000 kg—but actually, even a human could pull a full-sized aircraft.
jNDAQ TIL of William Cantelo, a British inventor born in 1839 who mysteriously disappeared in the 1880s. His sons developed a theory that he had re-emerged under the name "Hiram Maxim", the inventor of the famous Maxim gun. This was due to a striking resemblance and similar occupation.
X0DNE TIL The longest word in the English language, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, which is a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine silica particles.
X0ao6 TIL: that one of my more liked Joe Satriani songs "Sleep Walk" was originally composed by brothers Santo & Johnny Farina in 1959!
oBd1o TIL that The Rock from WWE and Dwayne Johnson from Fast & Furious are actually the same person. The Rock is just his glamour name.