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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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gN58 TIL of the deadliest volcanic eruption in history: the effects of the Icelandic volcano Laki killed 25% of the Icelandic population, at least 23,000 people in Britain, more deaths in Europe, freak weather for a year, and may have caused a famine in Egypt which killed 1/6th of Egypt’s population.
M7ey8 TIL that Ira Einhorn, an activist who helped establish Earth Day, also killed his ex-girlfriend in 1977 and composted her corpse in his apartment for 18 months.
m1R9R TIL that the current, official long-form name for Canada is simply "Canada".
QNPk9 TIL That Richard Todd played Major John Howard, who lead the assault on 'Pegasus Bridge', in The Longest Day. Todd, a WW II veteran, participated in the actual battle and in one scene his character is relieved by another actor who is playing Todd himself.
Z819G TIL that sea urchins will place rocks and other small objects on their bodies for protection from UV rays, inspiring aquarium enthusiast Wilson Souza to give his urchins tiny hats.