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TIL that when Sony installed rootkits on millions of devices as a form of DRM, DRM circumvention laws meant it was illegal to try and remove it.

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PYZBe TIL the original director of Jaws was Dick Richards but they fired him because he wouldn’t stop referring to the shark as a whale
X70D TIL That in January of 1982 a plane struck the 14th street bridge in DC. Among the many heroes that day, Lenny Skutnik dove into the icy water to save a survivor, swam 30 feet to get her and carried her to the shore. Both survived
4XnyJ TIL the Chinese government estimates almost 50 percent of the current housing stock — or everything built before 1999 is of such poor quality it will need to be demolished within 20 years.
LkZr9 TIL that during siege of Aztec capital Tenochtitlan Conquistadors were joined by more than 100 000 native allies who all feared and hated Aztecs
XEnkP TIL about Brigham Young, a Mormon who stated that "the idea of plural marriage" made him "desire the grave.". He went on to have fifty-five wives and fifty-six children.