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TIL that if you’re behind a firewall like in Iran or China and can’t download Tor, you can send an email to gettor@gettor.torproject.org with the subject “help” and get a download via email with step by step instructions.

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8aQ9b TIL due to a typo, the Japanese company Mizuho Securities tried to sell 610,000 shares for a yen each (less than a penny) instead of 1 share for 610,000 yen (around $5,000). Despite three separate attempts to cancel it, the Tokyo Stock Exchange processed it anyway, costing the company $225 million.
1ay4d TIL Michael Jackson was supposed to be in the Twin Towers while the 9/11 attacks occurred, dealing with a business meeting, but he missed it because he overslept.
od6A TIL the oldest living tree is a Norway Spruce that is 9,550 years old, which makes it roughly 3,500 years older than the invention of writing.
D1XnD TIL of the Dragon tiger phoenix dish which contains snake, cat and chicken meat.
4kM6w TIL An aboriginal man with a tomahawk was the first Australian to capture a Japanese POW during WWII. He snuck up to a downed pilot and took him to the military base on a neighboring island.