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TIL MIT Predicts That World Economy Will Collapse By 2030

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4XPEa TIL: That there is internet via Amateur Radio!
x0Pw TIL the founder of the Samaritans (the suicide hotline) was Chad Varah, an Anglican priest whose first service was a funeral for a fourteen-year-old girl who died by suicide because she had begun to menstruate and feared that she had a sexually transmitted disease.
Ypj4B TIL in addition to being a solid NBA player, Andrei Kirilenko is a huge World of Warcraft fan and got a full-back WOW tattoo. Also, his wife allowed him to cheat on her once per year.
aw5OJ TIL that on January 2, 1911 revolutionary leader Pascual Orozco Jr. ambushed and killed a number of federal troops in service of the then-standing Díaz regime. He ordered the uniforms of the troops be stripped and mailed back to Díaz with a note saying: "Here are the wrappers, send me more tamales".
MDlm TIL that when silly putty comes into contact with alcohol, it will lose its properties, and become flammable when submerged in hot or warm water.