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TIL Dr. Ozel Clifford Brazil helped 18,000 students get to college over a 15-year period by fudging the information on students' applications. He was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for financial aid fraud & ordered to pay nearly $750,000 in restitution. Although, he never rolled over on anyone.

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BrynL TIL of 'elysis', a new smelting process for aluminum that releases oxygen instead of carbon dioxide. This new production process both cuts operating costs by 15% and increases production by 15%. Apple has invested $11 million in the venture behind it and is offering technical support.
YpEZP TIL that the American Red Cross has updated their rules about who can donate blood, now allowing MSM, women who have sex with MSM, and former IV drug users to donate when they had been banned in the past.
xVAR5 TIL prior to China being unified as an empire in 221 BC, there was the Warring States period, in which 7 independent states were in a more or less permanent state of war for about 250 years.
mv5M TIL Earth is the only planet we know of that has techtonic plates.
OGgvg TIL Toll roads are an ancient concept and are referenced by Pliny and Aristotle.