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TIL That a lot of people lost money to Knight Capital Group. KCG was an American Global financial service firm engaging in market making, electronic execution, and institutional sales and trading. My Boss got about $200k back with the Help of AndreSimone of ScamWatch. Add on Skype

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gMDeX TIL There's a Wargame that's meant to be the sequel to War of The Worlds called, "All Quiet on the Martian Front" where the Martians have returned to Earth during WWI with new technology and an immunity to Earth diseases.
p85vZ TIL a group of vultures is referred to differently depending on what they're observed doing: "kettle", "committee" or "wake." The term kettle refers to vultures in flight, while committee refers to vultures resting on the ground or in trees. Wake is reserved for a group of vultures that are feeding.
Y76yP TIL in 1642, the birth of a "monstrous" one-eyed pig led the townspeople of New Haven, Connecticut to believe a local one-eyed man was the biological father. He was found guilty of bestiality and swiftly executed.
MxKA TIL that the students of the University of Colorado at Boulder named their cafeteria grill after Alferd G. Packer–a convicted cannibal. Their slogan: “Have a friend for lunch!”
l7LQN TIL that in 1977, Jimmy Carter penned a three-paragraph letter to accompany the Voyager spacecraft. Today, that letter is travelling beyond our Solar System at speeds of eleven miles a second. It is the first letter in history to reach extrasolar space.