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TIL that rickrolling may lead to a fraud charge in Italy. It is listed on the Ministry of Justice site as an example of making profit by redirecting traffic to a site through deception.

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XE18 TIL Horny Dolphins in the Caymans are Assaulting Divers
E1R8P TIL that the last time the Pittsburgh Steelers (of the NFL) fired their head coach was in 1968.
6EpnX TIL duck boat tours use replica or surplus military DUKW vehicles used for amphibious landings in WW2
yQ56a TIL of Paricutín. A volcano that emerged suddenly on 1943 from a farmer’s land in a matter of day. Now peaking at 9200ft, it’s still the first ever volcano whose birth has been witnessed by human eyes.
5Yvyp TIL that no one is sure who wrote the original music to the song "Respect," most famously sung by Aretha Franklin. The original performer, Otis Redding, gets the sole songwriting credit, but he took the music and some of the lyrics from an artist who had copied it from another unknown guitarist.