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TIL Online abuse and trolling costs economy up to $3.7 billion, research finds (2019 article)

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16OlD TIL of Lewis Harned, an American who served as an ambulance driver in WWII from 1943-45, attached to the British Army. He also served in the Gulf War, 45 years later, with the American Army, from 1990-91.
6nKX TIL in a study of the 14 Accents of the British Isles, only 22% of people correctly identified the Cornwall Accent, compared to 95% Identification of the Scottish Highlands
yVnEJ TIL American socialite and art collector Peggy Guggenheim claimed to have slept with over 1,000 men, many of them well known artists and writers. Among her known friends and lovers were Marcel Duchamp, Samuel Beckett and Max Ernst (who was also her second husband).
W7014 TIL that a shark is the only known fish that can blink with both eyes
KOBxB TIL after he graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in social studies, Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello moved to Los Angeles, where he supported himself, first by working as a stripper