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TIL that in 1988 when the american Internet was paralyzed by computer virus, quick thinker Pål Spiller saved the Norwegian Internet by literally pulling the plug

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wGMY TIL that although the U.S. carpet bombing of Laos and Cambodia killed tens of thousands of people, it was officially denied for over 30 years
jKOv TIL that OJ tastes horrific after brushing your teeth because of the molecule “sodium layryl sulphate” in toothpaste, which makes your tongue much more sensitive to bitter tastes.
LQoAV TIL Kim Jong-il's famous five hole-in-one golf record turns out to be a simple journalistic mistake—reporters incorrectly interpreted his scorecard which had been filled out in shorthand by the scorekeeper, and ended up reporting his score wrong.
BrdKb TIL that the song "... Baby one more time" was actually written for the girl band TLC, it was suggested to Britney after the band rejected it
ZpvOY TIL that the anti-AIDS drug Ritonavir had to be taken off the market after scientists accidentally synthesized a second, medically useless form of the drug. The new form assimilated all the samples it touched, making them equally useless. A microscopic quantity of it was enough to halt production.