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TIL I learned that in 2017, Title Insurance companies in Texas sold $1.8 billion worth of policies and paid only $24 million in claims.

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nJEB TIL that flight numbers are often taken out of use after a crash or a serious incident
5Yx59 TIL that the word Boycott is named after an Irish landlord named Charles Boycott. After Boycott attempted to evict 11 tenants, the local community decided to shun him. Workers would not work for him, traders would not trade with him, and the postman would not deliver the post.
5App TIL The TSA Spent $900 Million on Behavior Detection Officers Who Detected 0 Terrorists
ELQd TIL a paediatrician was forced to flee her home by vigilantes who confused her job title with “paedophile”
DMYr TIL that sand dollars are the skeletons of flattened burrowing sea urchins