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TIL that Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin by mistake.

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Mkv8 TIL In 1999 hackers revealed a security flaw in Hotmail that permitted anybody to log into any Hotmail account using the password ‘eh’.
w5vM TIL: That the US national anthem melody was composed by a British gentleman’s club and the song was about drinking and sex.
ywmp TIL, there’s a version of “The Tortoise and the Hare” where everyone dies in a forest fire because the tortoise, having won the race and therefore seen as the fastest, is given the job of warning everyone.
MewDB TIL of the "compute stick", a fully fledged computer that is plugged into a monitor like a streaming device.
6waZ TIL falcons sometimes become sexually imprinted on humans. In order to bred them, the breeder lets the male bird copulate with his head while wearing a special hat with pockets to catch the semen.