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TIL farmers are hacking into their John Deere tractors with firmware that's cracked in Eastern Europe and traded on invite-only, paid online forums

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6Ee9Q TIL that two Scottish clans fought a trial by combat to determine who would get the better position in an upcoming battle against a third clan. Only 12 of the 60 combatants survived.
P1MlE TIL the Anga people of Papua New Guinea smoke their dead to preserve them
W7JwA Til that Eratosthenes, the Greek philosopher who was the first known person to calculate the circumference of the Earth, died aged 82 by voluntarily starving himself to death because he was going blind
EgJ60 TIL that right before the legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki quit his job to pursue directing, he was creating artwork for an anime series based on “Anne of Green Gables” - a 1908 Children’s novel set in Maritime Canada.
VBLKD TIL that Hernado Williams kidnapped Linda Goldstone while she was on her way to teach a class about natural birth deliveries. He kept her locked in his car at the parking lot of a courtroom while he was attending a hearing for a previous kidnapping charge