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TIL Sony after the 2012 security breaches changed PSN user agreement to require users to agree not to sue Sony over any future security breach.

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QJdDa Today I learned that trees are able to communicate with other trees through chemical, hormonal and slow-pulsing electrical signals, and can communicate through the air with pheromones and other scents. They will also help other struggling trees by sending them nutrients through their roots.
b6rpp TIL of the ATU Index, a system for classifying folktales from around the world by cross-culturally recurrent elements. The system now includes such types as "Persecuted Heroine", "Animal Bride", or "The Cat as Helper".
VMZAQ TIL that the Times Square, one of the world's most visited tourist attractions, is formerly named as Longacre Square dating back to the 1870s, when the uptown carriage hub was named after Long Acre Square in London
gMY1b TIL the first KFC restaurant was actually in Utah and was named that way because the sign painter thought "Kentucky Fried Chicken" sounded more exotic. Colonel Sanders did invent and his famous chicken in Kentucky though.
b584 TIL Steven Spielberg developed both Jurassic Park and Schindler’s List simultaneously in 1993. He worked on Jurassic Park at night and Schindler’s List during the day.