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TIL that HSBC was caught laundering money again, again, and again, of the collusion of the biggest banks that caused Trillions of dollars of damages (the LIBOR scandal) as well as that they are unanimously deemed as “too big to jail”.

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Dv5j TIL several studies show that FOX News viewers are less informed than people who don’t follow the news.
WAaY TIL light in itself isn’t special, it’s just that according to Einstein, the fastest speed reachable in the universe is 300K m/s. It just happens that light is the only thing we detected that travels without limitations in vacuum, which is why we associate the speed limit of the universe with it.
ANo5d TIL that taller individuals, due to having more cells in their bodies, are more prone to certain types of cancer.
loxwG TIL that eating a live Slug could cause paralysis neck down, coma, or even death. To eat one safely, it must be adequately cooked to minimize the risk of dying from ingesting the parasites it hosts.
epjQb TIL Bhutan ethnically cleansed up to 40% of its population in the 90s and are now what some people consider the happiest nation in the world