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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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KODL6 TIL in 2011, a woman with bipolar disorder tried to enter a resturant via air duct but got stuck on the way. Because of where she was stuck, no one could hear her and she was found dead days later
oBlbA TIL the 1954 novel "Lord Of The Flies" by William Golding is Stephen King's favorite book
69maQ TIL about Wing Commander Clive Beadon, British dowser, diplomat, and officer in the Royal Air Force. During WW2 his aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft guns over Thailand. He managed to fly the burning aircraft over 500 miles back to an airbase in India using flasks of tea to keep the flames at bay.
LQXYm TIL air conditioning enabled mass American migrations to the south and help created summer blockbusters
N5O8 TIL the same PR firms that tried to argue that tobacco use did not link to lung cancer received money in 2009 simply to increase the debate over the long term health consequences of natural gas fracking.