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TIL the first "bug bounty program" that rewards users for reporting software bugs was in 1983. The reward was an actual VW Bug.

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78Amr TIL that in the common law of crime in England, a Common Scold was a troublesome and angry person who broke the public peace by habitually chastising, arguing and quarreling with their neighbors.
VM9Z TIL: Hunter S. Thompson’s final words were written at his typewriter. His last sentence simply says, “Relax - this won’t hurt.”
8eB18 TIL that Riga built a community for blind people
d89J9 TIL in 2006 a design for masks made out of pre-shrunk T-shirts was published for situations when N95 masks were unavailable.
yrBM TIL nobody knows who built the Taj Mahal. The names of the architects, masons, and designers that have come down to us have all proved to be latter-day inventions, and there is no evidence to indicate who the real creators were.