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LkEpV TIL US Cell Carriers are (and/or were) selling REAL TIME location data without consent to 3rd parties including advertisers and even bounty hunters!
GAnQJ TIL there are over 3,000 slot machines on military bases overseas, mostly run by the army, and they make $100 million annually
d8kLr TIL that there are orchids whose flowers look like female bees. When males try to mate with them, they transfer pollen. The Ophrys Apifera species mimics a bee species that went extinct long ago. So, the only memory of the bee is a painting by a dying flower.
BxMD TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger won his first bodybuilding competition at age 17, after sneaking off his army base for the night. Upon returning with the trophy, he was caught and jailed for a year.
rLL4 TIL Michael Caine once held Sean Connery’s coat while the James Bond star single-handedly beat up four men in a nightclub.