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TIL PlayStation 3 used to have a feature called otherOS which was an official way to run linux and freeBSD distributions on the PS3. Sony later removed this in a patch

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KR0R TIL that the Brazilian Wandering Spider’s venom not only kills, but can cause paralysis and asphyxiation, but worst of all, it causes “priapism”. This is when an erect penis cannot return to a flaccid start and is known to be extremely painful.
QJAae TIL 90% of the population of the Americas died after first contact, making it the largest mass death in history with 10% of the global population dying.
4XMyo TIL that in 2002, the band Creed put on such a bad show at the Allstate Arena in Illinois that a $2,000,000 class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of all of the fans in attendance.
X4dj TIL in 1999 Martin Luther King Jr’s family won a wrongful death lawsuit, the jury found that the US Government had some doing in his assassination. The family only asked for $100 in restitution to prove the suit was not for financial gain.
5YAon TIL the Israeli intelligence agency (MOSSAD) ran a high end diving resort in Sudan for years as a cover to smuggling Jewish Ethiopians back to Israel.