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TIL Hackers attacked an epilepsy forum posting hundreds of messages embedded with flashing animated gifs triggering migraine headaches and seizures in some users.

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RXL7 TIL that an analysis of over 1300 Oscar acceptance speeches showed that Steven Spielberg was thanked more often than God!
d5VB TIL when building the Golden Gate Bridge, the lead structural engineer insisted on the installation of a safety net even though its $130,000 cost was deemed exorbitant. Over the four years of its construction, the net saved 19 men, who named themselves the “Halfway to Hell Club.”
m7Go TIL Alec Guinness first thought Star Wars was “fairy tale rubbish”, but the film’s sense of moral good, and the studio’s doubling of his initial salary offer, appealed to him, and he agreed to take the part of Obi-Wan on the condition that he would not have to do any publicity to promote the film.
KwOa TIL that there is no single god named Baal. In fact, the word Baal is actually a title, not a name.
69d78 TIL: The US Army looked into using biodegradable ammunition which planted a seed after being fired to grow food for animals