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TIL the US military helped invent Cheetos

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P19lG TIL of the Arisan Maru, a Japanese "hell ship" that was torpedoed while carrying Allied prisoners of war. None of the 1,781 passengers were killed by the explosion, but other Japanese ships refused to rescue them, resulting in only 9 survivors.
VmX4 TIL, that in many states it is perfectly legal to refuse to hire someone because they are too ugly, fat, skinny or short.
eppAJ TIL about Joe Quaid, whose testicle ruptured/exploded during a hurling game in 1997. His right testicle exploded on impact while half of the other testicle had to be surgically removed.
0drNR TIL that the man who authored the NIST manual on passwords and recommended password changes every 90 days regrets doing so. Mandatory password changes on a scheduled interval are no longer recommended by NIST.
OG0o1 TIL that before password protection was common, IBM computers had a physical key lock. The function of the locks ranged from preventing keyboard input, locking the power switch in the "off" position, and preventing the computer case from being opened.