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TIL The Amnesiac Incognito Live System (TAILS) is a Debian-based distribution focused on security and anonymity. It uses things like the system RAM and TOR browser to increase privacy. It will only write to removeable media and upon shutdown, RAM is wiped.

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woK58 TIL the phrase “you can’t handle the truth” was created/ improvised by Jack Nicholson. The movie's original screenplay boasted the line "You already have the truth," which Nicholson trimmed to "You can't handle the truth."
yQJGM TIL that Andy Warhol once produced a very aptly titled silent film "blowjob". It was 35 minutes of some dude's O face while getting sucked off by an unknown person.
D1eRJ TIL that when John Hughes changed the ending of Pretty in Pink, OMD had just 24 hours to write a new song that would fit. It ended up being "If You Leave", their biggest hit.
Z5R4 TIL there was a British TV show called “Sex Box”, where couples went into a box on stage in front of a studio audience, and had sex. And then came out and talked about the sex they just had with a panel of sexperts, including Dan Savage.
glpD TIL that Princess Peach from Super Mario already has a fiance called Haru-Oji. That’s where the brooch she wears is from and she is destined to marry him.