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TIL that in 1999, the CEO of Sun Microsystems responded to increasing concerns about computer privacy by saying “You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it.”

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4Xaow TIL USS Tang (SS-306) was a Balao-class submarine of WW II launched in 1943. Tang sank 33 ships totalling 116,454 tons and was sunk by own torpedo off China in the Taiwan Strait, 24 October 1944.
4kOkb TIL of the Battle of Los Angeles in 24-25 February 1942 when a meteorological balloon made the US think it was under attack by Japan
BrX8e TIL when Cher was in fifth grade, she directed a musical for her school. When the boys didn't want to participate, she acted the male roles and sang their songs.
Z8Pbv TIL Superman co-creator Joe Shuster was born in Toronto and he had been greatly impressed by Toronto’s vitality and size. In creating the Metropolis skyline, Shuster drew on his fond memories of Toronto, which he continued to consider more beautiful than Cleveland, where he later lived
PYAge TIL With one working arm, numerous facial wounds, and 8 of his crew dead or critically wounded, B-17 Pilot Lt. William R Lawley managed to fly his crippled plane one-handed all the way back to England, where he made a miraculous landing that saved the lives of all surviving crew members