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TIL that half of Cambodia's GDP comes from cyber scams

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XGbP TIL that in Japan, May 9th is officially recognized as “Goku Day” to honor the protagonist of the Dragonball series.
VBO4B TIL The English seaside resort of Blackpool was left mostly unscathed by bombing during the Blitz. Documents have suggested that Hitler wanted it preserved as a place for recreation once Germany invaded and conquered England.
j8BN TIL Brazil distributes women’s breast milk around the country to babies whose mothers can’t provide it for them.
jGEN TIL the 2008 film ‘Rambo’ provided a huge morale boost to the Karen Freedom Fighters in Burma, who even adopted dialogue from the movie (most notably “Live for nothing, or die for something”) as rallying points and battle cries.
8av5X TIL Of ornithologist Ken Stager, appalled at the depredations by feral pigs upon an island's brown and masked booby colonies(reduced to 500 and 150 birds), procured a shotgun and blasted all 58 pigs on the island, saving the birds which rebounded to the largest colonies in the world(25k+ & 112k+).