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TIL The first antivirus was a virus (reaper) designed to scour the net for the first virus (creeper) and destroy it

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wLM91 TIL when Fidel Castro was 14 he wrote a letter to Franklin Roosevelt & asked him for a 10 dollar bill because he admired America.
EXAd TIL of the kid that made a bet with his parents that if he turned 18 and was a millionaire, they wouldn’t force him to go to college. He first invested in Bitcoin at the age of 12 and now holds investments worth over $1 million. He says he won’t be attending college.
awedM TIL narwhals and beluga whales can mate to produce a hybrid called the Narluga
o5jo TIL the Peking University in Beijjing has developed “smart tags”; small inexpensive tabs that stick to food packaging and change color when it goes bad.
xVRXb TIL about Killing of Vincent Chin. He was killed by two Chrysler workers who thought he was japanese, and therefore responsible for their layoffs. He was Chinese American.