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TIL: Playing narrative based video games enhances literacy

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eWg6 TIL of stingrays, or fake cell towers used by law enforcement that trick cell phones into giving gps and identifying info. When used to track a suspect, it also gathers information of all cellphones nearby.
nWD9G TIL that in 2005, Brazilian thieves dug a 78-meter tunnel into a bank vault and stole $70 million — without firing a single shot.
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