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TIL that German journalists have a word, “widow shaking” for the practice of aggressively getting sob story material from relatives of disaster or crime victims.

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lLlA TIL that the original EverQuest game made a server called Discord. It was a pvp permadeath full loot server with prizes going to the first few players to hit level 50. The devs openly allowed cheats as well. It was a honeypot server to study cheats and then ban the exploiters after.
bjmQ TIL that only 17% of paid clinical trials in the US had their results published in the time required by law. Not publishing all trials allows drug makers to hide unflattering results, and helps medicines look safer and more effective than they really are.
5Y9En TIL the word "utopia" is a pun. It comes from the Greek word for "good place" but also "no place." It's good, but it doesn't exist.
jyZR TIL that on this day (Sept 26th) 1960, John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon went head to head on TV. More than 60 million Americans tuned in to watch the first-ever televised debate between the two candidates running for the White House.
QJGyX TIL that the NY Subway has the most stations of any metro system in the world.