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TIL "Rudy", of Notre Dame football fame, was involved in a pump-and-dump scheme and had a settlement with the SEC for >$380,000.

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5YW0B TIL that there's an even denser possible form of matter between Neutron stars and Black Holes, in the form of Quark Stars.
mxKgY TIL in 1964 a super cyclone destroyed a town called Dhanushkodi, making it into a ghost town. The storm overturned a train entering it's railway station killing over 200 passengers. 4 radio operators braved the storm to continue broadcasting, and survived by clinging on to a bridge for 12 hours.
BrDgW TIL samurai took the heads of their enemies as proof of their kills. This practice was part of the Bushido code, with strict rules on maintaining and presenting the heads. Once presented, these kills were then recorded in the official 'Book of Heads'.
ADgR4 TIL That a 19-Year-old student hid a spy camera in his clothing to take secret street photos in the 1890s, taking pictures of people in a natural state, rather than in the strict posing trends that dominated in photography during those years.
GAK4 TIL Bryan Cranston was actually taught how to cook meth.