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TIL The "Nigerian Prince" scam is written intentionally bad to avoid wasting the scammer's time with false positives that end up going nowhere, and focus solely on the most gullible individuals

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dDDeB TIL the oldest operational commercial passenger plane is in the fleet of Canadian Operator Nolinor Aviation and is circa 48 years old
R7b68 TIL the Hippos from Pablo Escobar's private zoo, at Hacienda Napoles, escaped became feral, bred and now terrorise local fisherman in Columbia.
yL1w TIL Canada has a law that states saying “sorry” is not an admission of guilt
Dkwg TIL that while Nixon was on his way to a Syria, their fighter jets intercepted Air Force One to act as escorts, however the pilot was not informed and took evasive action, sending passengers flying throughout the plane.
oB9XE TIL that the Spanish flu killed more people in 1 year than AIDS did in 40, and more than the bubonic plague did in a century.