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TIL People are still falling for Nigerian Prince scams, and Americans are losing over $700,000 every year to these scams.

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5York TIL The Horn Effect is when individuals believe negative traits are connected to each other. e.g. an observer assuming a physically unattractive person is morally inferior to an attractive person. The inverse, believing an attractive person has superior morals, is the Halo Effect.
rNmjy TIL 15th century Korea developed the Geobukseon (turtle ship), a warship roofed with spiked plates to prevent boarding actions. Each Geobukseon was also designed with a dragon head on the bow that hid a cannon or could release smoke to inspire terror or cover ship movements.
69Q4J TIL that US Government employees are formally banned from napping at work
kOvLW TIL that Danny Trejo often chooses to play bad guys who lose to teach people that bad guys often die or go to prison, and that one should try to live a good life.
yeLl TIL that a man robbed a bank for $1 so he could be arrested and sent to jail for free medical health care.