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TIL that ExpressVPN has been leaking info for years

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g5PA TIL when a German hacker stole the source code for Half Life 2, Gabe Newell tricked him in to thinking Valve wanted to hire him as an “in-house security auditor”. He was given plane tickets to the USA and was to be arrested on arrival by the FBI
QVkL TIL: Always Sunny’s creator Rob McElhenny allowed writers from ‘Game of Thrones’ to pen the episode 'Flowers for Charlie’ where Charlie Day is made smart by a scientist and changes completely as a result only to later learn that only his ego had changed.
5O79 TIL that in 2004 the first wolverine sighting was made in Michigan in over 200 years.
OogX TIL that two men set three records for Scrabble in one game. Highest points by one player (830), most points in one game (1,320) and most points for a single word (365).
9Ygrp TIL that there is a world war 2 shipwreck (SS Richard Montgomery) off the coast of England, with roughly 1500 tonnes of explosives onboard, that may or may not explode at some point.