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TIL Apple left a known iTunes vulnerability unpatched for 3 years, it was used by governments against dissidents and to snoop on users.

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EgWGX TIL that Sarah Kyolaba; fifth wife of Idi Amin and former gogo dancer in Uganda's Revolutionary Suicide Jazz Band left Amin and ran a restaurant and later a hair salon in London until her death.
MeYv7 TIL the bass line in "Rapper's Delight" is not a direct sample of Chic's "Good Times"- rather, the producer paid a 17-year old bassist to play the same line for 15 minutes straight, with no mistakes.
yJDJ TIL The shoe company ‘Atheist Shoes’ conducted an experiment where they sent packages with 'Atheist’ brand packing tape and neutral packing tape to the U.S. The 'Atheist’ marked packages took an average of 3 days longer to ship and where 10 times more likely to disappear.
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ZpZWB TIL: In Sept. 1987, Eric Garcia commited suicide by exploding several hundred pounds of black powder and aerial shells at the Celebrity Fireworks Co in Rialto, CA. The explosion leveled the plant along with the neighboring businesses and blew out windows 4 miles away.