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TIL: In 2000, for the sole purpose of trolling the MPAA, a programmer created a mostly useless, legal program that shared a name with the recently released, illegal program for decrypting DVD video, DeCSS.

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ADKWw TIL - About a man named Ignaz Semmelweis who has been noted as the inventor of hand washing. He reduced mortality in childhood birth's from puerperal fever (any bacterial infection of the female reproductive tract after childbirth or miscarriage) to under 1%.
MgBm TIL that a German Shepherd guard dog in a Belgrade Zoo once fought and defeated an escaped jaguar and in doing so saved the life of a zoo employee.
pnxb TIL that in 1937 a bomb was dropped on Shanghai by a Chinese plane in an attempt to lighten its load while being pursued by Japanese planes. The bomb hit two department stores, killing 612 people and injuring another 482
x677g TIL: The name “Six Flags" is a reference to the flags of the six different nations that governed Texas: Spain, France, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the United States of America, and the Confederate States of America.
gpeL TIL As Catwoman in Batman Returns, Michelle Pfeiffer performed almost all of her own stunts including martial arts, using a bullwhip, and letting a live bird fly out of her mouth.