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

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64ym TIL Brian May started writing his PhD thesis on the Zodiacal dust cloud in 1971 before beginning his musical career as the guitarist for Queen. He finished the thesis 36 years later, in 2007.
4kD7g TIL that Rupert Holmes, the man who sang "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)”, has never tasted a piña colada in his life. In fact, the song was originally about the actor Humphrey Bogart, rather than the cocktail.
4Rbg TIL that Abraham Lincoln successfully defended a criminal defendant by using an almanac to challenge a man’s assertion that he saw the murderer “By the light of the moon.”
vPa8x TIL there are anonymous baby drop boxes where parents can surrender unwanted newborns without fear of prosecution.
wLmAo TIL Actor Jason Statham competed in Diving for Great Britain at the 1990 Commonweath Games in Auckland