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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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xVk1 TIL a Nisei soldier had his arm shot off as he was about to throw a grenade into a German bunker and then pried the grenade from his severed hand and threw it into the bunker, taking it out. Oh yeah, he’s also the most senior US Senator.
Gek5 TIL that Boring, Oregon decided, on the suggestion of a Scottish cyclist who was passing through in 2012 on holiday, to pair with Dull, Scotland as a sister city in an effort to promote tourism in both places as a play on their names.
YpyBB TIL In the late 1950s, a top secret United States Air Force project known as Project A119 (A Study For Lunar Research Flights) aimed to detonate a nuclear bomb on the Moon
v1kDR TIL Vincent Van Gogh moved back into his parents’ house at 30. He was unaccomplished, distracted by prostitutes, and thought he was hot shit.
6ENlY TIL there's a sequel to "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" with Johnny Cash as the narrator. In it, the Devil returns to Georgia to challenge Johnny to a rematch. The Devil loses.