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TIL that hackers used a smart fish tank to gain access to a casino’s IT network. Gives new meaning to the term phishing....

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x6Jlk TIL after a typhoon severely damaged the USS Hornet, the carrier attacked Japanese forces by launching airplanes over her stern while in reverse.
grVVX TIL a mathematics professor at Stanford University was murdered by his doctoral student who had been trying to get a PhD for 19 years.
WkWMN TIL Narinder Singh Kapani (1926-2020) is acknowledged as the Father of 'Fiber optics'-a term he coined. His work in 1953 ushered in a new era of High speed Internet, endoscopy, spectroscopy etc An unsung hero, he never patented it. He NEVER won a nobel.
yVJVM TIL of the "Cave bears", a now extinct species who lived predominantly in caves throughout Europe
yQMYv TIL When Dolly Parton wanted to buy an old themepark and name it after herself her lawyers and accountants were dead set against it. She fired them all, bought the park, renovated it and its now a bustling, successful, profitable theme park. Parton's net worth is currently about $600 Million.