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TIL Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of the Bitcoin, passed on the project to another developer in 2010 and has since disappeared. No one knows who he is or where he went.

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4XgQo TIL the EU banned methanol in windshield washer fluid because alcoholics were drinking windshield washer fluid and dying.
NXrLb TIL at a 2005 congressional hearing, mentions of the Sedan nuclear test was incorrectly transcribed as "Sudan" in the record. Sudanese officials later stated that they "take this issue seriously and with extreme importance" and allegedly blamed the U.S. for raising cancer rates among their people.
OOBY TIL around 87% of Ontario residents aren’t aware The Beer Store monopoly is not run by the government.
RKR8 TIL about Blockbusting, a method used during the “white flight” era, where real-estate agents would fake a black person moving into a white neighborhood to scare the rest of the residents into hastily selling their houses at a loss. They then charged high prices selling the houses to black families
D74P TIL The Supreme Court has ruled that proof of actual innocence, even proof based on DNA evidence, is not grounds for release from prison (Federal habeas corpus relief).