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TIL That Microsoft once had to rename the “Critical Update Notification Tool” in order to avoid the unfortunate acronym

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WkOPN TIL The earliest recorded pandemic happened during the Peloponnesian War at around 430 B.C.. After the disease passed through Libya, Ethiopia and Egypt, it crossed the Athenian walls as the Spartans laid siege. As much as two-thirds of the population died.
A6l4 TIL A World Cup qualifying match between Chile and Brazil was canceled after an opposing fan hit the Chilean goalkeeper with a flare. Photos later proved that the flare never touched him; he faked the injury with a hidden razor blade.
BgrvK TIL George H.W. Bush was nearly cannibalized by Japanese Senior Military during WWII in 1945
l7l8K TIL Shaq makes it a habit to randomly buy something for someone else anytime he goes shopping.
4XJlN TIL the US Air Force tested how cats react to being tossed in air in zero gravity. The experiment was documented in a 1947 bioastronautics research video which included slow-mo ejection-seat footage (of men, not cats). They also tested pigeons in zero gravity; some pigeons flew upside down.