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TIL that subscribers with female names to pay online pornography sites are flagged as likely sources of credit-card fraud, because “so many of these charges result in an angry wife or mother demanding a refund for the misuse of her card”.

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Y7VpB TIL about the Mars to Stay initiative, which proposes that the first astronauts sent to Mars go with the intent to stay. Unused emergency return vehicles would be turned into settlements as soon as habitability becomes evident. This would both reduce cost and ensure permanent settlement.
ewNE TIL there is a New York graffiti artist that replicates Banksy artworks while adding Tom Hanks face to everything- Calling him/herself “Hanksy”
XlvE TIL: that there was once a Nazi Swastika located from above in a german forest. trees planted in this shape only changed color in the fall revealing the swastika, and only visible from above.
bwX4 TIL for almost 30 years there is a sign on the flat roof of Mark Gubin’s building in the flight path of Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee. A sign painted in letters 6 feet tall tells people arriving by air: “WELCOME TO CLEVELAND.”
AR6l TIL After the movie This Is Spinal Tap opened, several people approached director Rob Reiner telling him that they loved the film, but he should have chosen a more well known band to do a documentary on.