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TIL that Jack Johnson was a professional surfer before singer/songwriter and “at 17 he was the youngest participant to reach the finals at the Pipeline Masters in Maui.”

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Z85lR TIL The first computer virus 'Creeper System' (1971) was an experimental self-replicating program. It was not designed to cause damage, but left a message "I'm the creeper: catch me if you can". It moved between mainframe computers on ARPANET (US Advanced Research Projects Agency Network)
VJy4 TIL Adolf Eichmann, a major organiser of the Holocaust, requested an Israeli wine as part of his last meal.
awgKJ TIL that in 1982, 10yo actress Samantha Smith wrote a letter to USSR Gen. Secretary Yuri Andropov asking if he would engage in nuclear war. Yuri invited her to Moscow. She was greeted as a celebrity. She died 3 years later in a plane crash after capturing the attention of the world for her efforts.
GYvDE TIL the famous Neighborhood Watch sign has a name. Boris the Burglar was trademarked in 1972 by the (NSA) National Sheriffs’ Association
M70kK TIL All AmEx card numbers start with 3, Visa with 4, Mastercard with 5