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TIL that using services like Mint puts you in breach of cardholder agreements with your bank, thereby voiding your security guarantee.

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mA9x TIL five teens who defaced a historic black schoolhouse in Virginia with racist graffiti were sentenced by a judge to read and write reports on 35 books by authors such as Elie Wiesel, Khaled Hosseini, and Maya Angelou. They were also ordered to visit the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC.
0wXOj TIL M. Night Shyamalan dropped out of the Life of Pi film because he thought his name would besmirch the movie because it had a twist ending.
Xx8k TIL that the author of the poem “Do not go gently into that good night” died at the mere age of 39. His poem is used frequently in modern pop culture, including the films “Independence Day” and “Interstellar,” and inspired a book George R.R. Martin penned in the 70s.
jNlBv TIL that Henry of Champagne, King of Jerusalem, once fell off a balcony of his castle. He would have survived though, if it wasn't for his servant, a dwarf named Scarlet, who jumped out to save him, but ended up landing on him instead.
GA1aG TIL that according to a 2014 study, the least-remembered presidents are Millard Fillmore, Chester A. Arthur, and Franklin Pierce.