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TIL That the last minute of June 30 2015 is going to have 61 seconds.

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Xbn6 TIL At the age of 14, Tom Anderson (a.k.a. MySpace Tom) cracked the security of Chase Manhattan Bank and caused one of the biggest FBI raids in California history, but wasn’t arrested due to his young age.
RGg9 TIL a woman was diagnosed HIV+, despite her husband and exes all testing HIV-. Convinced her spouse(a doctor) infected her via a “vitamin shot”, she had detectives examine his clinic’s records. 1 HIV+ blood sample was missing. That patient’s HIV strain was ~identical to hers, convicting the husband.
0PEA TIL That although we picture the Founding Fathers as old men, many were quite young. By July 4th, 1776, Aaron Burr was 20, Alexander Hamilton, 21; James Madison, 25; John Jay, 29; and Thomas Jefferson, 33.
XrdX TIL there is a company in Minnesota that specializes in lying for you - false work references and fake verification of alibis for SO’s for $60 each
kjrB TIL of Henrietta Lacks, the “woman who will never die” because her cells never stopped reproducing