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TIL more than half of all new PhDs in the US are fake

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R7Y96 TIL of the Zong Massacre. In 1781, a British slave ship threw 130 chained African slaves overboard and claimed compensation under the ship's insurance. They falsely blamed the act on water shortage and lost their case.
DQaZV TIL the US Army released a series of FPS video games, on multiple mainstream gaming platforms, in an effort to recruit prospective soldiers
Y7Lad TIL that avocados evolved to be eaten by animals that have since gone extinct. Parts of the avocado are toxic to dogs, cats, cattle, goats, rabbits, horses, rodents, birds, and more.
v1EEL TIL on February 11, 1992, a man who was likely innocent of a crime for which he was about to be put to death uttered these last words: "I'd like to thank my family for loving me and taking care of me. And the rest of the world can kiss my everloving ass, because I'm innocent."
pKDe TIL a man tried to redeem 7 million Pepsi Points for a Harrier Jet and sued when Pepsico claimed the commercial in which it was featured was ‘fanciful’.