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TIL the International Space Station runs Linux as an operating system and has had it’s computers infected with viruses more than once. It is also travelling at 5 miles per second and orbits Earth every 92 minutes.

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4XmxX TIL when former Bucks player John Henson visited a Milwaukee jewelry store in 2015 trying to buy a watch, the employees refused him service, locked the store and called the police on him, from which he was subjected to questioning
LkxOv TIL about Geofence Warrants that cast a digital net around a crime scene. Anyone who passes through the geofence at the time of the crime is at risk of becoming a suspect.
4Xnpg TIL that serial killer Rodney Alcala appeared on and won The Dating Game. The bachalorette pulled out of the date due to feeling creeped out by Alcala.
lL9a TIL 138 Reagan administration officials had been convicted, indicted or had been the subject of official investigations for official misconduct and/or criminal violations during his term, making it the highest criminal conviction record for any President’s staff or cabinet.
YBRx TIL E. Frenkel, a Russian Psychic claimed he could stop a train with his psychic powers. So, he stepped in front of a freight train. It didn’t work.