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TIL : The Movie Wargames (1983) coined the term ‘Firewall’ , ’“war dialing”, and “War Driving”

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VMLgD TIL - A network of men and women working in the legal system have created something called "The Innocence Project" which to date has exonerated 364 innocent people serving sentences for violent crimes with punishments ranging from death to life without parole.
b6xyZ TIL that the paper-based telescope that MacGyver built with a wristwatch doesn't work.
QJ0ga TIL So much cow intestines were used in the production of German zeppelins that sausages were banned
DvKJ TIL: 2 F16 pilots went on a suicide mission to stop Flight 93 on 9/11.
vPKpj TIL that the shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar, lasting only 38 minutes on August 27, 1896, after the British attacked and destroyed the Zanzibar royal palace.