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TIL that there's been a dramatic rise in babies born with syphilis, and that 40% of them die.

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GeRj TIL a guy implied he was going to build a 480 ft skyscraper but labeled all the plans as 480". Then he had it built 40’ tall as per the plans, pocketed the investment money and won in court because he didn’t technically defraud anyone.
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