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TIL that according to the FBI Director, the FBI is having a hard time filling positions to help tackle cyber crimes because a lot of the nation’s top computer programmers and hacking gurus are also avid smokers of Marijuana

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v1ggD TIL that some bacteria can move twice as fast as a cheetah in terms of body length per second and have biological motors that can rotate up to 17000 RPM.
rRoW0 TIL that the intro Song from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band wasn't in fact a live performance, but a fake in a studio with a 40 people orchestra intended to break the fourth wall
m6Kv TIL the Safe Drinking Water Act is so out of date that the water Americans drink can pose what scientists say are serious health risks — and still be legal. Only 91 contaminants are regulated by the Act, yet more than 60,000 chemicals are used within the United States, according to EPA estimates.
8a8GK TIL that the 1982 video game "Ms. Pac-Man" was created as a response to the fact that a majority of Pac-Man players were female.
r56W TIL The former Iranian president has returned to his original profession, teaching and now takes the bus to work every day