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TIL, against conventional rules of Latin grammar, Toyota declared that the plural of Prius is Prii. (pronounced PREE eye)

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ep0gk TIL of the McDonalds Monopoly Scandal. In 2001, the U.S. promotion was halted after fraud was uncovered. The fraud spread nationwide and even involved Gennaro "Jerry" Colombo of the Colombo crime family.
kPg4 TIL that there was a Serial Killer in the US that had a $100,000 homemade torture chamber in his home he called his “toy box”. Just like the “SAW” movies, he tape recorded himself talking to the victims explaining in detail what was going to happen to them.
JYZgm TIL about Ern Malley, a fictitious Australian poet created to ridicule modernist poetry. A modernist journal devoted an issue to his poems and the editor was sued for immoral material. A policeman said "I don't know what 'incestuous' means, but I think there is a suggestion of indecency about it."
RBR7 TIL that in parts of Philadelphia you must be fingerprinted to trade in games at GameStop.
P1gLe TIL the London (UK) Fire Brigade receives calls for one e-scooter or e-bike fire every two days