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TIL ‘Nigerian prince’ email scams still rake in over $700,000 a year

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nM7 TIL there are pads you can wear to make your farts not stink.
NaWP TIL that Polar Bears have black skin and translucent fur, and only appear white because of luminescence
rRwP0 TIL that the human eye has a resolution of approximately 576 megapixels. For context a 4K screen has about 8.8 megapixels.
mx7Bp TIL in 2007 six US cruise missiles with the nuclear warheads were mistakenly loaded onto a bomber, not reported missing, and remained mounted for 36 hours with no security precautions for nuclear weapons implemented.
KYoWE TIL: That despite intense behind the scenes actions, Pope Pius XII was resolved not to issue any public pronouncement that took sides in WWII; this first manifested itself in a refusal to explicitly condemn the German invasion of Poland.