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TIL in 2019 a man dressed in a morph suit scammed an entire village by asking them to pay and he'd reveal his identity later. He would later disappear with their money.

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nexyY TIL in 2014, adult diapers outsold baby diapers in Japan due to their rapidly aging population
V0r4 TIL that human bites are one of the most dangerous animal bites in the world due to the bacteria in our mouths.
b6Rp7 TIL when Chuck Peddle & Bill Mensch introduced the 6502 microprocessor at a trade show in 1975, it was faster & cheaper than its competitors ($25 each instead of nearly $200). It almost single-handedly forced the price of processors to drop, helping to launch the personal computer revolution.
6AQW TIL that in 2001 a man died from injuries caused by a shooting in 1966; his death was ruled a homicide, despite it occurring 35 years after the death of the shooter.
KY6YQ TIL about PERV (Porcine Endogenous Retrovirus), a virus embedded in the gene of pigs. It has been studied as a risk factor in pig-to-human transplants.