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TIL The number of students caught cheating at the UK's top universities (including Oxford and Cambridge) increased by a third in three years. There was a surge in cases of academic misconduct.

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VMMV0 TIL For the Apollo 11 moon landing conspiracy theory to be true, over 400,000 people would need to be part of the secret.
PYDQn TIL that the Australian government is passing a bill to give media companies control of YouTube's algorithm #OurYoutube
Ypxdd TIL that the most expensive hot dog at an MLB stadium is $7 at Nationals Park in Washington DC, while the cheapest hot dog is $1.50 at Oriole Park in Baltimore, less than an hour away.
JQMQ TIL that the “Fi” in “WiFi” doesn’t mean anything (including Wireless Fidelity). The creators just called it that because it rhymed with “HiFi”.
4XPXX TIL Bond girl Maryam d'Abo from "The Living Daylights", the sweet and vulnerable Czechoslovakian cellist and would-be sniper who falls for James Bond, appeared in a Bond-themed Playboy cover and multi-page pictorial in the September 1987 issue