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TIL a British man was so fed up with cold-callers he set up his own premium rate number which he asked them to call instead, netting him around £7 a month.

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oeLE TIL that only one senator opposed the USA PATRIOT act in 2001; among his chief concerns was the possibility that the FISA court would authorize the government to conduct mass surveillance on Americans by obtaining their information and communications through businesses
5lXn TIL typefaces (fonts) are not protected by copyright in the United States as they are considered to be “utilitarian objects whose utility outweighs any merit that may exist in protecting their creative elements.”
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