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TIL the first internet spammers were lawyers selling immigration services. At the time, they faced severe backlash from ISP’s and users.

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YpyGG TIL In a study on memories conducted between 1973-2013, research showed Women perform better when it comes to remembering verbal information, such as words, sentences, texts, and objects, but also the location of objects, and movies while Men can better recall abstract images and remember directions
YYDB TIL Chris Scarver, the man who killed Jeffrey Dahmer in prison, believed Dahmer was unrepentant for his crimes and claimed Dahmer would taunt fellow inmates by shaping his prison food into severed limbs, drizzling packets of ketchup on them to simulate blood.
Lk0md TIL that housewarming parties were literally thrown for people to bring wood and warm houses when moving in.
rRdVe TIL that Dolly the Sheep was named after Dolly Parton. Dolly was cloned from mammary gland cells and Doctor Ian Wilmut could not think of a more impressive pair of glands than Dolly Parton's.
nWp7o TIL Volkswagen makes ketchup