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TIL Utah law requires the state to maintain a White Collar Criminal registry to protect its citizens against affinity fraud.

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VMgVm TIL Nigeria drinks more Guinness beer than any other country.
DNGv TIL the word Maverick comes from Samuel Maverick, a 19th century Texan who refused to brand his cattle
nWJ1d TIL Gloria Stuart, who played old Rose in Titanic, reached the age of 100, and died in 2010, remains the oldest nominee in Oscar's Best Supporting Actress category at the age of 86 (as of 2022).
b9rLN TIL the FDA has cleared the world’s first portable, low-cost MRI. It costs $50K USD which is 20x cheaper than traditional systems, runs on 35x less power, and weighs 10x less than normal 1.5T MRI machines.
0BPv TIL that in 1315, Europe suffered the Great Famine, which ended up killing millions of people, reduced people to cannibalism and child abandonment, and lead to the restructuring of much of European society, politics, and culture.