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TIL that in the 1990s, nearly 1 in 6 people in Albania invested in pyramid schemes totaling over $1.2 billion, or half the country's GDP. When the schemes fell through in 1997, it triggered widespread revolt and the collapse of the country's government.

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X0mQE TIL that the early 1910s/1920s Winnipeg Falcons hockey team was almost entirely made up of Icelandic-Canadians who had been excluded from playing elsewhere because of their immigrant origins. They went on become the 1920 Canadian champs and represent Canada in the 1920 Olympics, where they won gold.
VBoZB TIL: Darude, the DJ who wrote Sandstorm, was thrown out of a club for not playing Sandstorm.
j64Za TIL that the assassin of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Beant Singh, was one of Indira's own bodyguards. He was previously removed for security reasons, but Indira ordered him reinstated as Beant was her personal favorite bodyguard.
xV7N0 TIL the lined chiton (Tonicella lineata), found in the northern Pacific Ocean, is quite colorful, having blue, purple or black straight or zig-zag lines on each of the eight valves. It mostly feeds on coralline algae. Sea stars are among their natural predators. They grow to about 5 cm (2 in.) long.
pVJQ TIL Germany has seen an increase in co2 emissions after closing some of it’s nuclear power plants.