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TIL a few tech companies (ie. AOL) used to fight spam with Haikus (poems) embedded into an email licensed from a company named Habeas. Habeas would sue mass spammers for copyright infringement. In one case, they won a $100k judgement.

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VBljZ TIL The United Arab Emirates population is 10 million of which only 11% are native locals. Majority are expats from South Asia.
yVMpv TIL that "Windfucker" Used to be a Common Term for Kestrels (Small Falcons)
gM50b TIL that a dog in China refused to leave his dead owner’s grave. He even refused to leave after 7 days without food. When a man took him home and fed him, he quickly left and ran back to the grave. He had been his owners’ sole companion. The villagers planned to build a kennel for him.
pYZNA TIL dogs actually have a sense of humour and sometimes do things because they know its funny
grjbD TIL for several months, the residents of the Italian town of Vastogirardi have had the tires of their cars mysteriously punctured. What was originally thought to have been mafia intimidation was revealed to have been the work of a local dog with gingivitis gnawing on the tires.