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TIL that Edgar Allen Poe wrote an essay explaining exactly what he meant when writing The Raven

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j6Z5N TIL that when Sony installed rootkits on millions of devices as a form of DRM, DRM circumvention laws meant it was illegal to try and remove it.
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O4A4 TIL of the London Monster who pricked his victims in the buttocks. When people realised that the Monster attacked mainly beautiful women, some women began to claim that they had been attacked to gain attention and sympathy. Some even faked wounds.
8ekRb TIL gummy worms were invented in 1981 by Trolli, the German candy company.
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