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TIL Soylent Green was set in the year 2022

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RWQ7 TIL - A hacker in the 70’s (John Draper) found that a toy whistle in the cereal Cap'n Crunch blew at the same frequency that was used by AT&T long lines to indicate that a trunk line was ready the route a new call, essentially allowing him to make free long distance calls.
7rNnb TIL there's a good amount of evidence suggesting that ageing and likelihood of dying kind of plateaus at about 105 years of age - Late-life Mortality Deceleration.
GAlk1 TIL Dave Gahan hated shooting the video for "Enjoy the Silence" because he didn't understand Dutch Director Anton Corbijn's idea for the video and walking around desolate places dressed like a King made him feel like an idiot. The video helped to propel the album "Violator" to global acclaim.
XEYej Today I learned that Russia hid cities to the world during the Soviet era
GYWJ7 TIL that Ontario’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, it’s illegal to sell wild game in restaurants. Some pass off game such as duck, boar or deer as wild when listing it on a menu — but if it’s for sale in a restaurant, it’s farmed.