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TIL Japan has millions of abandoned homes called “akiya” due to a declining population

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0dy6y TIL that an airgapped laptop was intentionally loaded with 6 famously catastrophic computer viruses, worms, and pieces of Malware for the commissioned art piece titled "The Persistence of Chaos". Much of the $10,000+ spent to produce the work went toward the creation of an effective firewall.
LQOrr TIL that during Oliver Cromwell’s military campaign in Ireland, his forces allegedly beat an Irish commander to death with his own wooden leg, because they thought he had concealed gold in it.
Zp8xB TIL that the phrase, "The empire on which the sun never sets." originally referred to the Spanish Empire.
DJbJ TIL in preparation for his role in Fury(2014) Shia LaBeouf joined the US National Guard, got a tattoo that says “Surrender to Jesus”, pulled a tooth out, cut his own face, didn’t bathe for 4 months and spent days watching horses die.
dDXRr TIL: The only king in a pack of cards without a moustache is the King of Hearts, who lost his thanks to a faulty 'reproduction of the original design'