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TIL Facebook has a software that scans user’s conversations/posts for criminal activity and flags it to be reviewed by employees.

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Br5gD TIL that by the age of 18, Elagabalus had been a high priest, consul, married four times, Roman Emperor for four years, and the victim of an assassination devised by his grandmother.
bDW0 TIL Nolan Ryan is the only pitcher in MLB history to have struck out seven pairs of fathers and sons.
p8XkA TIL that Ritz crackers were first released during the Great Depression, choosing the name ‘Ritz’ (as in the Ritz hotels) so people would perceive the crackers as high class and fancy, but available at an affordable price
GYMB5 TIL about melanism, the opposite of albinism
NZOe TIL that the Catholic Church is the largest (non-governmental) provider of healthcare in the world