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TIL that of the 10 tallest mountains in the United States, 10 are in Alaska.

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dD4pj TIL: In 2001, the Brazilian internet provider "IG" promoted the "Day of Good News", which would give priority to reporting light and optimistic things, leaving the bad news of the day for another time. Then a mayor of a big city was murdered. And the 9/11 attacks followed.
MJnK TIL that Nigerian scams are purposely easy to identify, as they are designed to weed out the more intelligent and draw in only the most gullible or vulnerable. This is called the “process of self selection.”
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