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TIL In 1999 hackers revealed a security flaw in Hotmail that permitted anybody to log into any Hotmail account using the password ‘eh’. At the time it was called “the most widespread security incident in the history of the Web”

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awWdb TIL that our body uses glucose to recover from viral infections whereas bacterial infections use up ketones that can be released by fasting
GYJX7 TIL that 37% of all registered Steam games have never been played.
awOkM TIL that evidence shows that a portion of a mountain in Pennsylvania was once connected to the same mountain in Morocco
kOVAB TIL the Cameroon olive pigeon (Columba sjostedti) is found in the dense misty forests and gullies from 1000 up to 2500m in elevation in Cameroon and adjacent Nigeria. It eats pulpy fruits and hard seeds. It has bluish gray plumage; yellow eyepatches, beak and feet; and white spotting on its breast.
gMg0W TIL that Jack O’Lanterns originated in Irish folklore from the Legend of "Stingy Jack", who invited the Devil to have a drink with him.