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TIL about Harry Markopolos who informed SEC about Madoff Ponzi scheme since early 2000, but SEC did nothing

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7ROM TIL that there is a hypothetical type of creatures called “ATMOSPHERIC BEASTS”. According Carl Sagan they could live in the atmosphere of a gas giant, such as Jupiter.
x64Pk Til about snowing a bridge, the old practice of adding snow to bridges to make a smooth surface for sleighs
ZADR TIL There is a real meth-cook named Walter White. Currently WANTED in Alabama.
d8o88 TIL that that the average ball point pen can write for 900m, BIC (cristal) pens have 2.5km of ink and Selter pens have 4-5km. There is also the Fisher Infinium pen that supposedly will not run out in your life time.
oROlK TIL 71 year old Bernard Gore was supposed to meet his wife and daughter in a mall in Sydney after first doing a little shopping himself. Instead, he exited a mall door leading to a stairwell labyrinth and was found dead 3 weeks later failing to find his way out.