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TIL Valve worked with the FBI to set a trap for the German hacker who stole the Half-life 2 source code, offering him a fake job. He was “saved” when German police arrested him instead, only serving 2 years probation

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NvoN TIL the “#” of C# was based on a small grid of 4 “+” signs, implying it is an increment of C++
4XVjX TIL the naturalist William Buckland spent much of his life trying to eat every animal possible to see how it tasted. He grew fond of eating Mice on toast, while His least favorite meals were that of mole, and bluebottle flies.
VMMnk TIL the extension ladder was invented by 16 year old Henry Quackenbush who later went on to invent the modern nutcracker.
1aKPr TIL the weird dream talking in Twin Peaks was achieved by having the actors say the words backwards then ‘reversing’ them
0wlaN TIL that in USA, parents are 12.7% less likely to be happy than childless people.