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TIL - Polygraph Tests being able to determine if you’re lying or not is an absolute MYTH.

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4Z0o TIL the company that created the successful series of 80’s/90’s educational PC games such as Reader Rabbit and Treasure Mountain was bought by Mattel in 1999 at a $4.2 billion evaluation. In 2000, it was sold at a loss of up to $3.6 billion, cited as one of the worst acquisitions of all time.
b1oQ TIL in 2015, FBI hair examiners knowingly gave erroneous testimony; they overstated results to benefit the prosecution in 95% of cases over previous 20 years.
WkKL4 TIL Nigerian author Abi Daré originally wrote her first novel "The Girl With the Louding Voice" as a dissertation submission for her MA in Creative Writing. She submitted it for a competition, expecting that her use of non standard English would be an automatic rejection but she won
VrD4 TIL in 2004, GirlsGoneWild founder Joe Francis was held at gunpoint in his home by a man who demanded $500,000 whilst videotaping him and making him say “I’m from Boys Gone Wild, and I like it up the ass.”
nvKP TIL you can check if a credit card number is valid with a simple algorithm