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TIL most of the tools to crack games on game consoles such as the N64, Switch, Playstation, Xbox, etc., are in large part thanks to the efforts of a French engineer named Max Louarn. He spent 5 years from prison from 1994 to 1999 and is currently wanted for various crimes in the U.S.

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d8kNB TIL that during WWII nylon was rationed leaving women with no stockings, and since going out bare legged was a fashion faux pas, women had to get creative and began painting on their stockings. Some even used eyeliner to draw a trompe l’oeil seam on the back of their legs.
W7eEL TIL the London Jamme Masjid, a mosque in London's East End, was formerly a synagogue that was itself formerly a church in the past- consecrated as the Spitalfields Great Synagogue in 1891 and a Methodist chapel in 1819, showcasing the succession of urban migrants in the area.
neAEY TIL early people would drink a ton of water before they went to bed if they knew they had to be up early. Their full bladder would rouse them before the sun rose, meaning that they could wake up before dawn. Native Americans also used this method, called over-drinking, well into the 20th century. 💧
6EB98 TIL the Romans used wax tablets called tabula for writing notes, which was erased by heating the wax and then smoothing it. This was termed 'tabula rasa' from which came the philosophical concept of 'clean slate'.
d8olr TIL the Lockheed U-2 spy plane, famous for conducting covert reconnaissance during the Cold War, is still in active service after 65 years, being used for military and scientific missions.