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TIL that BubbleBoy, one of the very first malwares able to activate itself, was created and named after the eponymous Seinfeld episode. The worm would change the owner's name to "BubbleBoy" and the organization to "Vandelay Industries", which was a recurring joke on Seinfeld.

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vArL TIL that one of the most complex Chinese characters is made up of 43 strokes. And you need to write it twice for a particular type of noodles (biang biang mian)
7rLkM TIL when Tom Hanks was touring the White House, he learned that the press corps didn't have a coffee pot so he donated one then, and again in '10 and '17. "Keep up the good fight for Truth, Justice, and the American Way. Especially for the truth part" is the message that accompanied the '17 machine.
4kD06 TIL of the complicated I Dig It tax loophole. It's an intentionally defective grantor trust, or IDGT, for short and allows for someone to decrease their estate with no gift or transfer tax consequences. The IRS has never blessed the loophole but it says its powerless to stop it.
rNa81 TIL Ryan from the OC (Ben McKenzie) majored in foreign affairs and economics at university and is an outspoken critic of cryptocurrency. He is set to publish a book exposing the tactics used by major cryptocurrencies and exploring the underlying conditions that gave rise to crypto.
MeagK TIL New Orleans architectural historian Samuel Wilson, Jr. stated that the term "shotgun" house is a reference to the idea that if all the doors are opened, a shotgun blast fired into the house from the front doorway will fly cleanly to the other end and out at the back.