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TIL A computer programmer who was dismissed from his job wrote a computer program that deleted software critical to the company's operations and caused the loss of more than $10 million in sales and contracts.

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8epeG TIL that the first-ever internet meme was the Dancing Baby in 1996
JYn1l TIL the lead singer of "Gonna Make You Sweat" by C&C Music Factory was not credited because the producers thought her weight made her unmarketable. The singer, Martha Wash, sued and helped enact federal legislation to require listing of all vocal artists on albums.
X0exR TIL When you lose fat from dieting, it doesn't "melt" away and not much passes out through your waste. No, your lost fat is mostly exhaled
BBAK TIL that Iron Man was created by Stan Lee as a challenge to create a hero no one should like and force people to like him.
16ZJr TIL in 1961 US came very close to nuking itself. A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress carrying two 3–4-megaton nuclear bombs broke up in mid-air, dropping its nuclear payload in the process. One of the bombs came close to detonating, with three of the four required triggering mechanisms having activated.