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TIL The uniforms worn by the Alliance on Firefly are leftover costumes from Starship Troopers.

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rN9gy TIL about one of the most crucial cybersecurity attacks in history, the SolarWinds hack. The attack, which was discovered in December 2020, compromised the networks of numerous government agencies including the US Department of Homeland Security and the US Treasury Department.
YXeW Today I learned that the great composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, claimed to be from the Sirius star system.
MeN1m TIL only two male solo artists have had top 40 hits in the each of the last four decades: Michael Jackson and "Weird Al" Yankovic.
nWXV7 TIL Sesame Street was originally created for Black and Brown inner-city children as a means to improve their education system
d8BmK TIL about exploding head syndrome, an event in which a person hallucinates a short and extremely loud noise as they are falling asleep. Despite the name, the syndrome isn’t associated to any dangerous condition.