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TIL that there was a 47% increase in losses to fraud calls from $6.9 Billion in 2021, to $10.2 billion in 2022.

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KRgR TIL the avocado evolved to appeal to extinct megafauna (e.g. the giant armadillo) in order to facilitate seed dispersal via ingestion and excretion. This is why the avocado has such a sizeable seed.
v1LZL TIL that the flag of Hawaii is the only US state flag to include a foreign country's national flag.
VV68 TIL some schizophrenics can tickle themselves. Mentally sane people can predict the sensory consequences of their own actions and reduce them, whereas schizophrenics have trouble recognizing their own actions and often attribute their behavior to an alien source.
Wk5K9 TIL that Japanese Emperor Hirohito published several scientific papers on marine biology from his laboratory at the Imperial Palace. His contributions included descriptions of several species of hydrozoa new to science.
xw4b TIL that Chicago Tribune staff accidentally discovered never seen before photos of the steamship Eastland that capsized in 1915 (3 years after Titanic disaster) off the coast of Chicago due to being top heavy and causing the ghastly death of 844 passengers