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TIL Chrisopher Lee was a special forces commando, and corrected Peter Jackson on the actual sound one makes when being stabbed in the back.

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4ZOw TIL in 2004, there were three major computer virus authors at “war” with each other. They were the Netsky, Bagle and Mydoom worms. Netsky was most famous for comments within the code insulting the authors of the other viruses and, in some cases, routines that removed versions of the other viruses.
VMBoB TIL that the orange-bellied parrot is close to extinction and conversion attempts are made difficult due to the bird having poor survival instincts
Lk0Br TIL that when the Camaro name was unveiled by General Motors in 1966, 200 journalists present asked Chevrolet managers what it meant. They replied, “a small, vicious animal that eats Mustangs.”
1ap0V TIL about Anna Delvey, a relative nobody with no money who convinced the New York elite that she was a wealthy socialite
69mwm TIL GameStop’s “Circle of Life” policy pressured employees to aggressively push pre-orders, used games, and trade-ins, leading some to lie to customers. After backlash in 2017, the policy was reformed, but many reported it caused stress and poor working conditions.