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TIL Jerome Jacobson led a fraud scheme during the McDonald's Monopoly Game in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He worked for Simon Marketing, the company who distributed the pieces, and generated millions in illegal profits. The FBI caught the perpetrators during an operation called "Final Answer."

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xVQ1b TIL the iconic, tall, long-armed Saguaro Cactus, which has become a symbol of the American West, only grows in one place. It's native to the Sonoran Desert, an area of land along the Arizona, California, and Mexico borders.
DQ0Wg TIL that as a student growing up in Ukraine, Maryna Viazovska (right) fell in love with competitive math Olympiads. In high school, she fell just short of being able to represent Ukraine at the International Math Olympiad. In 2022, she won a Fields Medal.
8a8KL TIL Giant 6ft otters still exist in three remote river systems of South America. They hunt in packs and can even take on crocodiles.
AyEn TIL that mathematician Marina Ratner proved her most influential theorem after she turned 50, defying a common notion that only young mathematicians can do great work
KONLw TIL that Canada's post-WWII baby boom began about 3 years after the birthrate rose in the U.S., because Canadian soldiers returned home later.