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

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M7rwb TIL after communists overthrew Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie, they established the Derg regime that massacred thousands of people in Ethiopia
W7vWL TIL John Nash's son, John Charles Nash, also has a PhD in mathematics and lives with schizophrenia.
YDld TIL Hong Kong is lead by a CEO rather than a state official. It is literally run as a business, with China recognising it more as an economic entity than a city.
rRKYx TIL Hugh Hefner tried to make sure his beneficiaries won’t blow through his money after his death. His will states that his children will be cut off “if the trustees reasonably believe that (the beneficiary) routinely or frequently uses or consumes any illegal substance"
1aDRX TIL the 1904 Olympic marathon was the sketchiest Olympic event in history