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TIL in 2011 a 75-year old woman stole some fiber optic cable, cutting 2 entire countries off the internet.

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vP1kD TIL the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds developed a 'splatometer' for insect analysis. Which is a post card-sized piece of plastic attached to a car that catches bugs as one drives.
J1DrV TIL that the Columbine massacre was actually a failed bombing. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold planted bombs and attempted to blow up the school and kill hundreds of people but they failed and instead did the shooting.
nlYB TIL that El Cid, a military leader in the middle ages, was so feared that, after his death, his embalmed body was placed on a horse and sent into battle causing the enemy to flee.
6pPl TIL that Hugh Hefner’s oldest child Christie Hefner is old enough (63) to be his current wife’s (29) mother.
7rXYp TIL the music genre “shoegaze” got its name from British critics mocking the musicians always looking down at their shoes while playing instead of the audience. In reality, the musicians had to focus on the numerous music effect pedals in their playlist.