In 1987, a Chicago TV station had its broadcast interrupted by a pirate signal that shows a man in a Max Headroom mask mumbling and being spanked with a fly swatter. Despite investigations by the FCC and FBI, this became the only known incident in which a hacker interrupted a major TV broadcast without getting caught.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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If you put two straws in your mouth, one inside a drink and one outside it, you won't be able to drink through either straw.
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Jason Earles played as a teenager in Hannah Montana, but he was actually born in 1977.
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In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. (The husband's lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired.)
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Consumption of TNT turns urine amber or deep red, which people often mistake for blood.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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