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TIL Milan-based "epidemiC" crew submitted source code of a computer virus at the 49th International Art Biennale of Venice in 2001, claiming computer viruses can be an art form

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GrKN TIL the inventor of My Pillow was a crack addict who got sober when 3 of the largest crack dealers in the city staged an intervention.
GAAb5 TIL that the Voyager and Pioneer probes are on course to pass by several stars in the far future - some within one light-year's distance. The Voyager probes carry messages/music/photos from Earth, while the Pioneer probes have a map of the solar system and a depiction of naked humans.
Av8o TIL movies prospered without popcorn until the Great Depression, when theater owners scrambled to make up for reduced ticket prices by turning to “audible edibles.” From 1934 to 1940, the nation’s annual popcorn harvest grew from 5 million to 100 million pounds.
nWNmG TIL that until at least 1684 some promising boy trebles were pressed into the service of the Chapel Royal choir just like recruits were pressed into the Royal Navy.
86wV TIL NASA intoxicated spiders with different drugs to see if they could still build an effective web. All of the drugs reduced web regularity except for small doses of LSD, which actually increased it.