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Today I learned that 3 MIT computer scientists noticed the lack of peer review for submitted papers in phony journals, and created a fake CS paper software to prove how fraud the organizations were. It worked.

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WJOo TIL in pre-modern Europe, Outlaw or Outlawry, was one of the harshest punishments available and put the criminal outside of any legal protections, subject to persecution, murder etc. by anybody. It was considered a death sentence but not carried out by the state.
7r7VP TIL Parks & Rec was originally planned to take place in the same world as The Office (US). The plan was that the copier machine at Dunder-Mifflin would break down, be recalled by the manufacturer, and then be fixed and shipped out to Pawnee, Indiana, where the show would pick up.
yV7JJ TIL that the Vickers VC10 held the record for the fastest Atlantic crossing at 5 hours and 1 minute for 41 years, until a British Airways Boeing 747 surpassed it in 2020 with a time of 4 hours and 56 minutes.
wXM TIL that there’s a museum in Europe that displays only objects that were meaningful to heartbroken exes.
6EQjW The most expensive place to live in the world Is a tiny island in the Atlantic. The coastal capital of Hamilton, Bermuda, has the highest cost of living in the world, according to Numbeo’s mid-year Cost of Living Index.