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TIL that Google Maps vehicles collected private data including passwords, from unprotected WiFi networks and transferred it to a Google data center

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v1b5j TIL, after 9/11, the Clear Channel Memoradum banned 164 songs from radio airplay, such as Metallica’s “Seek & Destroy”, the Beatles “ Lucy in the Sky with a Diamonds”, AC/DC’s “TNT”, Paul McCartney and Wings “Live and Let Die”, and Rage Against The Machine’s entire catalog.
vP6M4 TIL That Crown shyness is a phenomenon observed in some tree species, in which the crowns of fully stocked trees do not touch each other, forming a canopy with channel-like gaps
R7KQj TIL in 2013 multiple gunmen shot up power transformers in Northern California and cut fiber optic cables, causing over $15 million in damage and outages. The gunmen were never caught.
kk94 TIL a pizza delivery man had a bomb strapped round his neck and was forced to rob a bank. He was arrested by police, and was killed after the bomb detonated.
PYeQG TIL 14 year old Nathan Zohner got 43 out of 50 of his classmates to vote on banning Dihydrogen Monoxide for his science fair project, wanting to prove the use of true facts can lead the ignorant public to false conclusions. He won first price.