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TIL about a diver, William Walker, who replaced the foundations of Winchester Catherdral and saved it from collapse

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xNjg TIL Password length is much more important than complexity. “Sh@+ner……….” is stronger than “@(ASf09}}]~!R”
vPbEx TIL that audiences were so convinced that the film "The Battle of Algiers" was newsreel that the American distributors put a notice that "not one foot" of newsreel was used
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