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TIL weather apps are notorious for their data collection practices. AccuWeather, for example, has been caught sending location data without permission, even with location sharing off. It also collects information from sensors on your device, which includes gyroscopes, accelerometers, and altimeters.

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Y770v TIL of Dialysis at Sea Cruises: A cruise specially for kidney failure patients and their family who require regular hemodialysis to survive.
M7PQB TIL a bank clerk dozed off with his finger on the keyboard and accidentally transferred 222,222,222.22 euros instead of 64.20 euros. His supervisor did not notice the error, approved the transaction, and was fired. The next year, a German labour court ruled the supervisor was unfairly dismissed.
VMmk TIL that production of ALF was hell on earth with 20-hour-shoots for one episode. On the last day of shooting lead actor Max Wright (Willie Tanner) walked off set without saying goodbye.
jNeEN TIL that the Unabomber was a victim of MK-Ultra.
ADRvl TIL Anne Frank's diary entered the public domain the same day as Hitler's Mein Kampf. And that a copyright dispute still swirls around the diary.