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TIL US Cell Carriers are (and/or were) selling REAL TIME location data without consent to 3rd parties including advertisers and even bounty hunters!

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QJKvE TIL the daughter of Pakistan's ex PM used Typeface Calibri font to forge documents about illegal offshore companies. The documents were purportedly created in 2006. However, the font wasn’t publicly available to computer users worldwide until 2007.
wodQ7 TIL that you shouldn't use soap to wash your asshole as they will reduce the natural oils that protect the anus
4L6b TIL that at the height of WWII, Oak Ridge, TN used 20% more electricity than NYC
de8Q TIL Reddit is owned by one of the largest media companies in the world, Advance Publications, which owns Conde Nast (~20 major magazines), the Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, over 40 newspaper companies, and more.
vKp8 TIL British doctor Harold Shipman (AKA ‘Doctor Death’) was proven to have murdered at least 250 of his patients, but may have killed as many as 459 people, making him the most prolific serial killer in recorded human history.