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TIL in 2016 North Korea almost pulled off a billion-dollar hack (the Lazarus heist) on Bangladesh's national bank and came within an inch of success

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aoBb TIL a pollination technique invented by a 12 year old slave is the reason Vanilla is commonly available today
awQxL TIL: There is a ethnic group of people called "Karens" living in Burma and they are being wiped out
ADQ9B TIL Jack was a baboon purchased by a railway signalman who lost his legs in an accident. The Baboon began to operate the railway, and was eventually given a job and salary. In 9 years of employment, he never made a mistake.
7rGZp TIL the high-five did not exist prior to 1975.
e0Yyn TIL that, aside from some obvious exemptions, like exposure of genitals for a sexual purpose to anyone who's underage, public nudity is not illegal anywhere in Canada. Being topless in public, nude sunbathing, swimming and even streaking have been upheld as legal through multiple court challenges.