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TIL of the Gruen transfer - the moment when you enter a shopping mall and forget why you’re there because of the intentionally confusing layout.

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78NwZ TIL about Christa Pike, the youngest woman to be sentenced to death in USA. She was sentenced for killing a fellow student, Colleen Slemmer, in 1995. Pike was only 18 at the time of the murder and was motivated by jealousy.
69NW8 TIL In 1987 Paul Tudor Jones believed the stock market to be overvalued so he took an very risky short position. On Oct 19, 1987 the market crashed hard in what's now known as Black Monday. While many were wiped out, Jones walked away with $100M. His trade became legendary on Wall Street.
EwvP TIL that Libyan dictator Gaddafi gave the Irish Republican Army four tons of Semtex. The IRA sold the plastic explosive to FARC in Colombia with bomb-making technology and training, charging $1 million per class for 28 classes
a87wo TIL Colin Hanks (Tom Hanks Son) owns a handkerchief company called Hanks Kerchiefs
npNo TIL Former U.S President Jimmy Carter helped to reduce the Guinea Worm Disease cases from 3.5 million to 126. This disease is now at the brink of extinction.