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TIL that in July, after receiving a warning from the FBI on his PC, Jay Matthew Riley turned himself in to police for possessing child pornography. The warning was fake and generated by a worm that had infected his computer.

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P14wZ TIL: There was an activist group in the UK named Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army, or CIRCA in 2003-2005. In 2005, a clown gathering prompted the deployment of 10,000 officers. The group declined after operation HA.HA.HAA (Helping Authorities House Arrest Half-witted Authoritarian Androids).
l7xar TIL there is a tiny community of Amerindians in the Northeastern Brazilian state of Amapa that speak a unique French creole called "Karipúna French Creole" that mixes French with local native tongues including Karipuna, an Arawakan language.
5VJYD Today I Learned that the Arkansas Razorbacks are not from Little Rock. They are actually from Fayetteville, AR.
QNPDL TIL Jello that we eat is made of this material called Gelatin and according to the internet it’s made up of animal skin and bones.
rNAyd TIL the art director for Teen Titans Go, Dan Hipp, has his own manga series called “Gyakushu”