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TIL that Jim Cramer worked at a hedge fund and openly explained how to illegally manipulate the stock market. He is now the most familiar face on TV for financial advice.

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bG7Z TIL of Aki Ra, a former child soldier forced to lay landmines in Cambodia who now spends his time removing mines from around the country. He has personally removed as many as 50,000 mines and started by using only a knife, a hoe, a stick and a Leatherman.
kO4Zd TIL that Elvira Taylor, was a notorious 'Allotment Annie' during World War II who was discovered to have married six sailors at the same time. She was found out due to a fight between two of her husbands when they learned that they were both married to the same girl.
gMjXL TIL that there's a five-year mandatory minimum sentence for possession of 500g of powdered cocaine, but only 28g of crack, despite being pharmacologically similar. Crack is used more by black Americans, while cocaine is used more by white ones.
PYljZ TIL Firefighters use wetting agents to make water wetter. The chemicals reduce the surface tension of plain water so it’s easier to spread and soak into objects, which is why it’s known as “wet water.”
NR5M TIL about ablaut reduplication, an unwritten rule in the english language stating that, “if there are three words then the order must go I, A, O. If there are two words then the 1st is I and the 2nd is either A or O.” It is the reason we say tick-tock, not tock-tick, ding-dong not dong-ding etc.