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TIL that the world’s oldest blockchain runs in the New York Times (pg 16 today BTW)

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X6OP TIL that 4chan users once convinced 9gag users to DDoS themselves.
d85er TIL: The inspiration for Gandalf's saying in The Lord of the Rings, "You shall not pass!" could come from a French saying in WWI "Ils ne passeront pas!". JRR Tolkien was a WWI veteran and had participated in the Battle of the Somme.
wLjV1 TIL about Neale McShane, an Aussie police officer who patrolled a beat of over 90,000 square miles (the size of the UK) all by himself.
lodrG TIL that Simone Segouin was a French Resistance fighter in WWII that was only 18 when Germany invaded. She took part in large-scale missions, such as capturing German troops, derailing trains, and other acts of sabotage. And she is still alive and just celebrated her 95th birthday.
78GXP TIL Tattooed individuals were experimentally found to be more short-sighted and impulsive than the non-tattooed