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TIL the oil pipeline shutdown in the spring due to ransomware was by the owner - not the attackers. The ransomware affected Colonial's billing system and the owner decided to shut-off the oil so he wouldn't lose money.

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kLy1 TIL that Mongols under the rule of Genghis Khan pulled the bowstrings of their bows back with their thumb instead of using a “Mediterranean draw” with three fingers, so to protect their thumbs, the Mongols invented a “thumb ring”
vWQr TIL of a Korean film called Silenced, depicting events which took place at a deaf school, where students were systematically abused for years. The film sparked a public outcry and reinvestigation. Several teachers and the principal faced prosecution, eventually causing the school to be closed.
78ZeM TIL Pikachurin is a protein discovered in 2008. It was named after the Pokemon Pikachu, and plays a role in the interactions between the photoreceptor ribbon synapse and the bipolar dendrites.
xVwr1 TIL an episode of Peppa Pig which teaches children that spiders are harmless is banned in Australia.
a86XL TIL: One of the first attempts to develop a guidance system for bombs involved training a pigeon to peck at the image of a target on a screen inside the bomb.