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TIL: Time to crack 7 characters password is 0.29miliseconds, 8 characters is 5 hours, 9 characters is 5 days,... and 12 characters is 2 centuries

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yVY18 TIL WW1 ended at 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918. The last trench veteran of WW1, Harry Patch, died on July 25 2009, aged 111 years, 1 month, 1 week and 1 day
D1nXp TIL that three composers created "The Most Unwanted Song" based on an opinion poll of annoying musical elements in 1997. It includes bagpipes, a rapping opera singer, children singing about Christmas shopping at Walmart, and much more. It is twenty two minutes long.
M7yZ0 TIL that "Yobai" is a Japanese cultural practice traditionally associated with rural areas, where young men discreetly visit the homes of unmarried women at night to engage in romantic encounters or courtship, often involving stealthy approaches and whispered conversations.
9YQD7 TIL that in the 2000 Paralympics, 10 out of 12 players in Spain's ID Basketball team were non-disabled, who pretended to have intellectual disabilities. The scandal was exposed after the Paralympics, when one of the players was revealed to be an investigative journalist.
rRvNw TIL that in 1973, Johnny Carson joked about a non-existent "toilet paper shortage" that caused hoarding -- and a shortage.