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TIL the US Air Force connected 1,760 PlayStation 3’s together to build supercomputer

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EgKV TIL that Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone were blatantly traced for numerous videogames in the ‘80s and '90s.
JYoKB TIL The US Government injected some of its own citizens with plutonium without consent
DQggY TIL the embalmed head of moral philosopher Jeremy Bentham was kidnapped in 1975 by University College London students, who demanded a £100 ransom for charity. The university offered £10. The head was returned.
pZ1b TIL an artist built a 750 square foot apartment in the parking garage of a Providence, RI mall. He inhabited it off and on for four years until he was discovered by mall security.
Eg4VV TIL that in 1964 Andy Warhol directed the silent film 'Blow Job'. For 35-min. it was showing only the expression on the face of a man receiving fallatio from an unseen partner.