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TIL There’s an organization called “419 Eaters” that is dedicated to wasting the scammers’ time by pretending to fall for their scams.

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EgZ0 TIL that America has imprisoned more of its citizens than any other society in history
eAJn TIL in 1779 US Captain John Paul Jones was engaged in battle with the royal Navy with a burning sinking ship he did not surrender and hours later jumped onto the British ship and took it over.
x6jnw TIL that people are buying used books from Goodwill and reselling them on Amazon as a full time job
QO0a TIL Dr. Seuss’s editor bet him $50 that he couldn’t write a children’s book in 50 words or less. Dr. Seuss won the bet with his book Green Eggs and Ham.
OG6J7 TIL of the skydiver who survived a free-fall of 14500 feet by falling on an anthill. The bites of the ants kept her heart beating and adrenaline pumping