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TIL Fraudsters in China cost Apple over $2 Billion by returning fake iPhones for refunds

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BgMke TIL that the bidet was an invention of French furniture makers in the 1600's, though no exact date or inventor is known. Historical antecedents and early functions of the bidet are believed to include devices used for contraception. The bidet wasn't widespread outside of France until after WWII.
4vka TIL the Aztec Triple Alliance was the first state to implement compulsory, universal education
d89P8 TIL men with "madonna whore complex" are only sexual attracted to slutty women (whores) but cannot love such a woman. They can love a chaste partner (a madonna) but not be sexually attracted to them.
rR8rM TIL that the dragonfly is arguably the worlds greatest predator to ever exist, having a success rate of up to 97% (Compared to African Lions at 30%) and having no major evolutionary morphology change for around 320 MILLION years, making it one of the most evolutionarily successful animals ever
16vJW Today I learned there is a city in Romania named ‘23 August’ after the 1944 royal coup