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TIL That Mark Zuckerberg used failed log-in attempts from Facebook users to break into users private email accounts and read their emails.

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pV9A TIL the town of Muff, Ireland has a diving club
W7pKN TIL that Ludwig Wittgenstein, the Austrian philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language, had a brother named Paul.
VMpyD TIL of the Hedonic Treadmill: after tragedy or good fortune, you will adapt toward okay-ness.
e0RXE TIL that President Lyndon B. Johnson owned an amphibious car, a car that serves as both a vehicle and a boat. He used it to scare guests by driving them into his lake while screaming that the brakes were malfunctioning
b6p99 TIL: In Japan, there is a growing ultra educated (Masters/Phd) working poor class that makes around $27,000. This is due to an abundance of part time lecturers with PhDs, but not enough students, online classes, and a declining population. Many professors work at convenience stores or quit teaching.