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Y7mnP TIL famous American journalist Webb Miller mysteriously died after falling from a train in London after covering a debate in the House of Commons on May 7, 1940.
MpW8 TIL that in Godzilla suit actor Kenpachiro Satsuma’s first film he was struck with appendicitis and had to be operated on while inside the suit. He found out that he had an immunity to painkillers during the operation.
lr77 TIL that Judge Douglas Ginsburg was nominated for the Supreme Court in 1988. He had to withdraw his nomination because it was revealed that he smoked pot when he was in college 18 years earlier.
d8G7B TIL of the Sony rootkit scandal: In 2005, Sony shipped 22,000,000 CDs which, when inserted into a Windows computer, installed unn-removable and highly invasive malware. The software hid from the user, prevented all CDs from being copied, and sent listening history to Sony.
6EgMY TIL that Princess Pauline von Metternich and Countess Anastasia Kielmannsegg fought a topless duel with swords in August 1892 after arguing about flower arrangements. Baroness Lubinska, who had a medical degree, insisted they fight topless so clothing couldn’t get into a wound and cause sepsis.