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TIL of the conman Anthony Gignac, who posed a Saudi prince for decades conning 8 million dollars from investors. He was exposed when potential investors saw him eat pork.

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X05aP TIL L/CPL Roy M. Wheat, A US Marine was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic action that occured on August 11, 1967 in Vietnam when he dived on an exploding mine in a jungle in Quang Nam Province, saving 2 fellow Marines from injury and certain death. He was 20 years old.
Zxpo TIL that the only difference between a hurricane, cyclone and typhoon is where in the world they are.
mwbR TIL The world will run out of Helium possibly within 25-30yrs, which would be disastrous to the Medical Industry just to start.
OGyMa TIL that Hong Kong actor Michael Chan is well-known for his various triad (gangster) roles and martial arts movies. It was later discovered he was actually the No. 2 boss in the 14k Triad.
kO9vm TIL that physicists reversed time using a quantum computer