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TIL free, open-source tool called Reaver exploits a security hole in wireless routers and can crack most routers’ current passwords with relative ease.

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Y7DXA TIL there's a monument dedicated for Diethyl Ether in Boston, Massachusetts
16MN4 TIL that, in a bid to raise much needed funds, North Korea issued a set of stamps to commemorate the wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana in 1981
lokw5 TIL that a large number of PlayStations are being assembled and packaged in an almost fully automated factory in Japan rather than by cheap labor in China. One PlayStation can be assembled every thirty seconds in a factory with only four people.
9wOQ7 TIL that Mihoyo, developers of Genshin Impact and Honkai Star Rail, owns an experimental TOKAMAK nuclear fusion reactor.
6EW1w TIL Disney owns 35 of the 40 college football bowl games.