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TIL after the death of NYC drag scene fixture Dorian Corey, a mummified body was found in Corey’s belongings with a gunshot wound to the head

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neyQY TIL: That during World War II, Winnepeg staged a Nazi takeover of the city to promote the sale of warbonds that they called "If Day."
AoG7 TIL that lab analysis of Mexican Coca Cola shows it contains no sucrose i.e. “real sugar” and instead has a blend of fructose and glucose similar to US coke
1m7D TIL In 1994 IBM created and sold the Simon Personal Communicator, it was the first cellular phone to include telephone and PDA features in one device.
JOVj TIL in 2006 a temporary second moon (mini-moon ) was found orbiting the earth till June 2007 and is expected to be recaptured by the earth later in this century.
j6VgQ TIL that spoofing (finance) is when spoofers post a large number of limit orders on one side of the limit order book to make other market participants believe that there is pressure to sell or to buy the asset.