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TIL over 50,000 homeowner insurance claims were denied after Hurricane Helene/Milton in Florida

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lod9a TIL about Benford's law: if you take natural sets of numbers (like lenghts of rivers, population of cities, financial transactions..), probability of first number is not even. There is 30% probability for number to start with 1, and only to 5% for 9. It is so reliable it is used to defect fraud!
neNPB TIL when you die in Super Mario Bros. you can hold down the A button while you hit Start to continue from the the world where you left off.
ne5yr TIL donuts were invented in New York and were originally called "Oily Cakes". The name later changed to Donut because nuts were added to the middle because the center would not cook properly.
EaZd TIL in Japan, those who are sentenced to death don’t know the day they will be executed until the actual day comes