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TIL a teenager hacked CIA director John Brennan’s email by calling Verizon’s customer support and pretending to be a Verizon technician

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Lk68Z TIL that billionaire investor Warren Buffet eats an unusually unhealthy diet which consists of 5 Coke products and McDonald’s breakfast daily.
p8LpN TIL: Acclaimed poet Maya Angelou was the first African-American female to operate a streetcar trolley in San Francisco, and got her license to do so at age 16
16nvP TIL the colourful arrowed sash (ceinture fléchée), a traditional piece of Québecois and Métis clothing, emerged from a boycott of British button-up coats: Québecois rebels used these sashes instead of British-produced buttons to hold their coats closed.
PYVeE TIL the Japanese have an obsession with American cars
0GVM TIL Corn starch (a common thickening agent in foods), will spike your blood sugar level faster than pure sugar.