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TIL HSBC Bank was caught laundering billions of dollars in drug money. No one went to jail.

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v1ymx TIL a study has revealed that the majority of American dog owners are willing to end their relationship if their dog doesn’t like their partner.
mxmYP TIL - In 1987 a jury awarded Michael Donald's mother $7 million in damages against the United Klans of America after 4 members lynched her son in '81 & this settlement bankrupted the organization.
AEwB TIL child prodigy Michael Kearney learned how to read by 10 months old, graduated high school at age 6, earned an Anthropology degree at age 10, earned two Master’s degrees in Chemistry and Computer Science at ages 14 and 18 respectively, and earned his PhD in Chemistry at age 22
d8EZQ TIL that filming for the movie Gone Girl was shut down for 4 days because Ben Affleck, a Boston Red Sox fan, refused to wear a New York Yankees cap for one scene. The director and Affleck eventually agreed on a New York Mets hat instead.
dLxB TIL Slaughterhouse workers are more likely to be violent, and it is believed this is because they have become desensitized to suffering