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TIL: boss baby is a book adaptation

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4ZOw TIL in 2004, there were three major computer virus authors at “war” with each other. They were the Netsky, Bagle and Mydoom worms. Netsky was most famous for comments within the code insulting the authors of the other viruses and, in some cases, routines that removed versions of the other viruses.
nWJP7 TIL that the season 5 of Big Brother Germany lasted for 365 days and had a total of 60 houseguests competing for a grand prize of 1 Million Euros, this season also holds the Guinness world record for being the longest uninterrupted live television broadcast
loNor TIL: "Cloudbusting" was a term coined by psychoanalyst wilhelm reich to describe manipulation of "orgone energy" to change the weather, through a specially designed machine. The term was later used as the subject and title of Katie Bush's single 1985 single, Cloudbusting.
mnDP TIL there is a crocodile in Africa named Gustave that has killed over 300 people.
QQne TIL that for a shot in Transformers, Michael Bay had the cast members run over “a carpet of explosives.” He warned them not to stop or trip. The actors’ look of terror is real.