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TIL About 1 in 9 people age 65 and older have Alzheimer's.

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9n9G TIL instead of having captured Somali pirates stand trial, Russia has begun releasing them. They place them in an inflatable boat back in the ocean from whence they came, without navigational equipment. Effectively condemning them to death.
8rkb TIL the targeted phishing of corporate executives is known as “Whaling”
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