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TIL in 2008, users of 7chan.org hacked into the website of Epilepsy Foundation of America and replaced the support forum with flashing images and animations.

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p8go8 TIL a man named Pembroke D. Gwaltney Jr. once kept a piece of 20 year old ham as a pet, complete with a brass collar, and it is currently the world's oldest edible ham at 119 years old. The ham also has a twitter account.
kYo5 TIL it rains diamonds on Neptune and Uranus.
vPbdR Today I Learned That DNA can hold up to 455 exabytes (Or 455 MILLION gigabytes) of data!
GbMG TIL the Great Sphinx was so named about 2000 years after its construction. What name the creators called their statue is unknown and there are no inscriptions anywhere describing its construction or original purpose.
J1jOB TIL The Japanese art form of Kusôzu, which means “painting of the nine stages of a decaying corpse”, portrays the sequential decay of a cadaver, usually female, in graphic detail. The paintings are meant to encourage contemplation on the repulsive aspects of the body and discourage sexual desire.