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TIL there are computer viruses that can be transmitted via sound.

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jNBoE TIL that on December 16, 1965, NASA received a prank transmission from two astronauts: "We have an object, probably in polar orbit... I see a command Module and and eight smaller modules in front. The pilot of the command module is wearing a red suit." They then started playing, "Jingle Bells".
E1gAx TIL that 19-yo Tom Lyle Williams created the mascara "Maybelline" in 1915 when his sister Maybel used a mixture of VaseLINE and coaldust to darken her eyelashes after a mishap.
oB1KK TIL Galen of Pergamon was the doctor of emperors and gladiators. One of his many works, "On the Mixtures and Powers of Simple Drugs," the most complete surviving version of the translated manuscript was erased and written over with hymns in the 11th century. Researchers are using X-rays to read it.
oX4K TIL Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, NFL player on the Kansas City Chiefs, continues to study medicine while still playing professional football.
OOkL TIL Snoop Dogg Was Cameron Diaz’s Pot Dealer In High School