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TIL: India make up about half of all scam calls in 2022

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m15wv TIL Dr. Bronner left Germany in 1929 fearing the rise of Nazis but his parents refused. His last contact with them was in the form of a censored postcard saying, "You were right. —Your loving father."
ANOro TIL there's a tradition of film directors and studios congratulating each other for beating their box office records
0wvgp TIL that the head of the German Nazi Intelligence service, Wilhelm Franz Canaris, deeply trusted by Hitler himself, had quietly worked to sabotage the Nazi war effort from the very first day, likely saving Western Europe.
o0xK TIL If the ancient Persians decided something while drunk, they had a rule to reconsider it when sober and if they made a decision sober, they would reconsider it while drunk.
4XwMb TIL the largest lawsuit ever filed was for $2 Undecillion. That's a 2 followed by 36 zeros.