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TIL that Cambodia has an unemployment rate of approximately 0%

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W7j9o TIL two men conned €55m from wealthy people by asking for aid posing as French minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in online meetings by wearing a silicone mask of Le Drian & sitting at a fake official desk. They only duped 3 of 150 targets, but one wired $47m, thinking it was ransom money for journalists
kODMe TIL during a car accident a sodium azide pellet is ignited by an internal car sensor and explodes generating toxic/highly-explosive gas at a 250 mph velocity which undergoes a series of chemical reactions before turning into a non-toxic, stable silica glass... and that's how your airbag is inflated.
KYmEJ TIL that on April 1st 1989 Richard Branson flew an UFO-shaped balloon over London. It was realistic looking enough to have police and the military called and when it landed he had a dwarf in an ET costume step out of it to greet the onlookers.
lo6rV TIL The Ancient Greeks had 6 different distinct words for love. Eros, sexual passion or desire. Philia, deep friendship. Ludus, playful love. Agape, selfless love. Pragma, a long standing love. Philautia, love of the self.
XEvPk TIL: Supernova Stars observations have been used to derive a mean rate of supernova per century. The total Galactic Supernova rate is found to be 3 ± 1 per century.