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TIL that Connecticut teacher Julie Amero faced 40 years in prison after her spyware-infected computer displayed pornographic popups to her class. Her conviction was ultimately thrown out but she was still forced to forfeit her teaching credentials.

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rYrw TIL a diver drowned when the shells of a giant clam snapped on his arm as he reached inside. When his companions found the body, they also discovered the world’s largest pearl (14 lbs) in the clam.
jeKE TIL the first level of Super Mario Bros (NES) was precisely designed so as to teach a new player that getting mushrooms was good, blocks could be hit, and jumping on gumbas wouldn’t hurt you, by making these actions almost impossible to avoid.
LQjRV TIL that the record for most lunar orbits is shared by Apollo 17 astronaut Ronald Evans and five mice brought on the mission. The mice, named Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum, and Phooey, were euthanized and dissected upon their return.
b94K7 TIL Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos were both abandoned by their biological father as children and refused to meet them once they were adults.
P85n TIL Mr. T stopped wearing gold chains in 2005 because he thought it would be an insult to the people who lost everything after Hurricane Katrina