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TIL The CFPB found that 61 percent of bank profits from consumer checking accounts come from overdraft and insufficient funds fees

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j6J4E TIL in the tiny African kingdom of Lesotho, a local style of accordion folk music known as Famo has sprung a fierce bloody gang war which has contributed to its high homicide rate. Little-known to the outside world, scores of musicians and hundreds of DJs, fans, family members etc. have been slain.
a870Z TIL there is a 5,614km long fence in Australia to separate dingos from other animals in the country. It is called the dingo-fence and was built in the 1880s.
woVpP TIL about the 1936 presidential election in which Roosevelt received 98.49% of the electoral vote total, which remains the highest percentage of the electoral vote won by any candidate since 1820.
VMQW0 Today I learned about a group of 6 adult male lions that formed a coalition and took over 7,000 acres of land, killed over 100 other lions, and practiced cannabalism for over 16 years.
neL8B TIL about Antinatalism a philosophy that argues that life is so painful that humans should not reproduce.