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TIL the average person in 1900 would have been “intellectually disabled” by modern IQ norms

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0wlB5 TIL of the conman Anthony Gignac, who posed a Saudi prince for decades conning 8 million dollars from investors. He was exposed when potential investors saw him eat pork.
e485 TIL that McDonald’s is telling it’s workers on their website, “McResource Line”, to sell their goods to make ends meet. They suggest “Selling some of your unwanted possessions on eBay or Craigslist could bring in some quick cash.”
58Br TIL that in 2009 a man spray-painted his face to disguise himself, robbed a store - and then died from the fumes. Earning him the Darwin Award
ZMwR TIL the term “piss poor” originally referred to families who literally had to sell their own urine to make money.
neeQB Shopkeeper removing the word, ‘Italian’ from the sign above his restaurant in Soho, London during WW II, after anti-Italian riots throughout Britain.