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TIL someone who gives opinions on subjects they know nothing about is called an ultracrepidarian

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mxd5y TIL the infamous "Woman in Red" who betrayed John Dillinger did so to keep from being deported. The FBI promised to help her, and in the end, she was deported anyway.
W7oZL TIL The Clay Mathematic Foundation offers 1 million dollars to anyone to solve this equation. The Riemann Hypothesis. σ (n) ≤ Hn +ln (Hn)eHn
Z8jPY TIL Randy West, a legendary adult film star who has starred in over 1,300 pornographic films was cast as Robert Redford's body double in "Indecent Proposal" (1993)
QL8k TIL Portugal decriminalized prosecuting all drug users in 2001 but those same drugs are still listed as illegal because “Otherwise we would have gotten into trouble with the UN”
xVL75 TIL during WW1, artist Norman Rockwell tried to enlist into the U.S. Navy but was refused entry because at 140 lbs, he was eight pounds underweight for someone 6 feet tall. To compensate, he spent one night gorging himself on bananas, liquids and doughnuts, and weighed enough to enlist the next day.