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TIL: The Morris worm has been referred to as the "Great Worm", due to the devastating effect it had on the Internet, both in system downtime and psychological impact on the perception of internet security and reliability. The name was derived from the "Great Worms" of Tolkien: Scatha and Glaurung.

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wxZM TIL while writing Hot Fuzz Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright referred to the supermarket manager, Simon Skinner as being played by a “Timothy Dalton type” actor before thinking to ask Dalton himself to be in the film. To their surprise Dalton had loved Shaun of the Dead and signed on for the role.
15yr TIL in 2009 the US Supreme Court ruled that following conviction, inmates had no constitutional right to obtain access to a State’s evidence for the purpose of exonerating themselves through DNA testing.
D10gr TIL that the Lioness does 90% of the hunting because the mail Lion is prone to having his testicles ripped off by vicious Hyenas.
kJl61 TIL that in his will, George Washington left directions to emancipate all of the enslaved people that he owned after the death of Martha Washington. On January 1, 1801, all of the enslaved people he owned were freed. The Emancipation Proclamation was put into act on January 1, 1863, 62 years later.
JY0L8 TIL that Vieques, Puerto Rico has the world's brightest bioluminescent bay. When the water in the bay is disturbed, it glows with a bright blue color. This effect is due to microorganisms that live in the bay.