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TIL in 2014, a 5 year old kid found a critical vulnerability in Xbox Live and other digital services

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5waR TIL: “Van Halen!” were the last words spoken by Dimebag Darrel (Darrell Abbott), former guitarist of Pantera and Damageplan moments before he was shot and killed on stage.
nWp4B TIL while abiotic synthesis of chiral molecules always yields an equal mixture of their enantiomers, the biomolecules that make up life are always chiral and single-handed. Sientists believe that figuring out how life emerged from a racemic prebiotic world is key to undersanding the origin of life.
5Y9dR TIL: The wings of dragonflies prevent bacterial growth due to their natural structure. The surfaces of their wings are covered in nanopillars making them look like a bed of nails. When bacteria come into contact with these surfaces, their cell membranes get ripped apart immediately.
kJA5e TIL you actually CAN recycle pizza boxes
kDng TIL a Comcast customer who was constantly dissatisfied with his internet speeds set up a Raspberry Pi to automatically send an hourly tweet to @Comcast when his bandwidth was lower than advertised.