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TIL that pig butchering scammers (the ones sending random texts to "wrong numbers", then befriending you until they take all of your money) are largely trafficked people forced to participate in scams.

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x6p4g TIL about the 'Loudness War' - beginning in the 1980s and peaking in the early 2000s, music producers and broadcasters increased the audio levels of albums and radio stations. As a result of consumer complaints, US legislators passed the CALM act which mandated maximum broadcast sound levels.
LkXo0 TIL that cannons are also percussion instruments classified as "Pyrophones" because they are used when performing songs such as the 1812 Overture and For Those About To Rock.
9dvM TIL a German citizen was mistakenly abducted by the Macedonian police and handed-over to the CIA, who then held him in a black site and interrogated, beat, strip-searched, and sodomized him. When the victim later tried to sue, the case was dismissed as the US government claimed state secrets.
x6anw TIL that most imitation crab is made of Alaskan Pollock, a codfish of the North Pacific, and is commonly mixed with fillers of wheat and egg white.
yQ7RX TIL of the golden-era, Long Island hip-hop crew, Young Black Teenagers. They had a single named 'Proud to Be Black' and were endorsed by Public Enemy. None of the group's members were black.