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TIL there is a Kenyan fintech app called Okash that threatens to notify everyone on the users contact list if they fall behind on their repayments.

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XEGNj TIL: There was once a city called Crocodilopolis, where they worshiped the crocodile god Sobek. The people of Crocodilopolis paid devotion to an earthly representative of Sobek, a living crocodile they called Petsuchos and covered in gold and gems and kept in a temple.
p1pN TIL: A man memorized the French dictionary to win the French Scrabble Championship, he does not speak French
ADRxx TIL Gangsta's Paradise is just a cover with some changed lyrics of the song Pastime Paradise by Stevie Wonder
0d1pR TIL In 1994, Granger Washington approved the construction of a large cement dinosaur to attract tourists. The city adds a new dinosaur every year.
G4xQ TIL an Air Canada passenger flight took a detour and dropped from 37,000 feet to 4,000 feet to help find a stranded yacht off the Australian coast. It took the passengers 25 minutes after the emergency beacon was activated to locate the yacht.