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TIL Ashley Madison, a popular dating site for married people looking to have an affair, had so many fake accounts that in 2012 an employee tasked with creating these fake accounts sued the company due to "repetitive stress injury". The case settled out of court.

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NDvb TIL when Mount Tambora erupted in 1815, its ash cloud circled the planet and changed the global climate. One night in 1816, Lord Byron, Percy Shelley and Mary Shelley met and told ghost stories inspired by the dark, dismal atmosphere. That night gave birth to Frankenstein and the Byronic Dracula
vPpXK TIL although Emily Dickinson was not widely recognized during her lifetime, she wrote nearly 1,800 poems. However, only 10 of these were published during her life, without attribution and sometimes without permission.
d8vJr TIL there exists 2 pornographic movies from 1993 based on the Super Mario video game series called „Super Hornio Brothers” that Nintendo bought rights to, in order to halt their distribution.
7DwL TIL scientists attached stilts to the legs of ants to prove that ants return to their nests by counting their steps. The ants with stilts overshot their nest by roughly 50% due to the new length of their steps.
nweW TIL in 50 years and after transporting 10 billion passengers the Japanese Bullet train has had zero fatalities in collisions and derailements