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TIL That According to the itunes User agreement, Once a user accepts It, Apple can use ‘Geo tracking’, it means that, once you agree, Apple is able to see your phones precise location.

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QJgWX TIL Receipts in Taiwan are lottery tickets. It encourages locals to ask for receipts and boost tax income.
VaE4 TIL the top 25 hedge fund managers in America make more than all the country’s kindergarten teachers combined
gMRw8 TIL about Kevinism in Germany. BThe word describes the fact that, for example, when a child is called "Kevin" or "Chantal", teachers believe that this child comes from an educationally disadvantaged home. The increase form "Alpha-Kevin" describes a teenager who is ignorant but also very stupid.
e089b TIL that Harry Houdini in disguise would attend magic shows by people who claimed to be "spiritual mediums", knowing their trick, he would finally light a flashlight that left the deception in the open and stand up and cry “I am Houdini! And you are a fraud!"
RZE6 TIL of Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano, who, during a 6 hour spacewalk on the ISS, nearly became the first man to drown in space when his helmet began to inexplicably fill with water.