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TIL in 2002, two men were indicted for pay phone fraud and accused of leasing 24 pay phone lines from Pacific Bell, routing 23 of the lines to an empty office, and then hooking the lines up to an auto-dialer which called over a million 1-800 numbers whereupon each call could earn about 24 cents.

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1a9J4 TIL men are more willing than women to use a time machine to kill Adolf Hitler, according to a 2015 study from the University of Texas
JY5l8 TIL childhood trauma is actually relatively common. 60% of the population experiences trauma by the age of 16. Research suggests childhood trauma has life-long impacts in the form of diminished health, financial and academic success, and social life.
OoRw1 TIL that some of the satellites orbiting the earth are smaller than a microwave.
ePkg TIL in 2008 a beach was stolen in Jamaica. The 500 truckloads of sand remain missing to this very day.
0d0av TIL there is a rare condition called fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, where soft tissues in the body gradually turn into bone.