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TIL about the dispute over Jewish assets in dormant Swiss bank accounts in the 1990s turned into Switzerland’s biggest foreign policy crisis since the Second World War. On August 12, 1998, a billion-dollar settlement was reached.

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4XRWN TIL about John Draper. He used the whistles found in Cap'n Crunch cereal boxes in the 1960's to bypass phone systems and place free long-distance calls as they played at 2600 Hzs—the perfect tone to commandeer a phone line. His work inspired the founders of Apple.
neVkd TIL of Rosie Ruiz, a 26 year old woman who won the Boston Marathon with one of the best times, only to be found out she had emerged from the spectators near the finish line. She'd previously rode the subway for the New York marathon too.
8a5MP Today I learned that ceiling fans can make you feel cooler OR warmer, depending on which direction the blades are spinning.
XBQ8 TIL in 2010 a UK man had chronic hiccups for 2 ½ years, and was told by doctors it was probably heartburn. A Japanese variety show picked up the story, and in the course of filming, discovered a brain tumor. The tumor was removed, his hiccups went away, and this possibly saved his life.
9wZAm TIL The Apology Project was created by Allan Bridge in 1980. He invited callers to apologize their wrongs against people without jeopardizing themselves. Callers confessed everything from infidelity, drug dealing to ritualistic murder