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TIL that in 2015 a German student used his countries FOIA to request the answers to an upcoming final exam.

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ZEoD TIL Instead of sending labor over to China or Bangladesh, manufacturers have chosen to forcibly employ up to 2.4 million incarcerated people in the United States. Chances are high that if a product you’re holding says it is ‘American Made,’ it was made in an American prison.
xVNVg TIL about Ghana's Dancing Pallbearers. The story behind the famous dancing funeral meme.
LQA1m TIL the inventor of the DISC personality assessment was also the creator of Wonder Woman.
VjkB TIL a senior auditor in the Church of Scientology was stabbed 77 times by her schizophrenic son. In line with rules of the church she refused him traditional mental healthcare, and was told by a Scientologist physician that her son had digestive issues and should be energized with vitamins instead.
4X9Ob TIL that the Pinky Swear stemmed from the Yakuza and implies that if you break something as holy as a pinky promise, you have to cut off your finger as punishment.