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TIL that Cloudflare uses lava lamps to create random data since computers aren't great at it.

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4xL5 TIL that It was rumored that the Apple Inc. logo had a bite taken from it to represent the poison apple that computer scientist and mathematician, Alan Turing, allegedly laced with cyanide to kill himself with. The designer has said, it wasn’t, but “It’s a wonderful urban legend.”
QJBZX TIL Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas resulted in a $125 Million Dollar loss to Dreamworks Animations. This resulting loss almost bankrupted the company, among other things explained by founder David Geffen.
Qj9L TIL 98% of pet exotic cats die within 2 years.
oRwQA TIL Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt refused an Olympic silver upgrade after the original medalist tested positive posthumously, wishing the late athlete's family to keep the medal out of respect.
VBKe8 TIL on 2nd July 1602 in Edinburgh Alexander Rowan ("ane cruel man") was hanged for “setting ane woman’s bare arse on ane girdill quhen it wes red hot”