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TIL: Lenovo is owned by the Chinese Government (30% shares) and no longer IBM (18.9% shares)

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p764 TIL that girls from Mozambique are sold by human traffickers for as little as $2.
jNlwn TIL: In the 1930s, strength-game High Striker operators would rig it so small people could win to attract people, then rig it again so stronger people couldn't win, in which they'd keep playing to avoid humiliation
0w5A1 TIL there is a type of mushroom called the Candy Cap which, when dried, tastes strongly of maple syrup.