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TIL that in 2009, several lenders were caught raising interest rates, lowering credit limits, and even damaging the overall credit scores of customers who shopped at thrift and low cost retailers, based on the assumption that they were struggling financially.

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QNQdk TIL the Monastery of the Martyrs of Akhmim, in Egypt, is a place of pilgrimage for many who believe that visiting the preserved remains of Coptic saints can cure illnesses. "The priest there says "The saints are still bleeding, and the hair is growing. If you pick up the head it Glows"
lxa TIL Hugh Heffner advocated for gay rights in the 1950’s
QN0a9 Today I learned Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has held an annual buggy race since 1920. (There is someone inside the buggy steering)
j6jEN TIL about the MT Pavit, a 1000-tonne cargo ship that ran aground at Mumbai's Juhu beach 32 days after it sank off the coast of Oman in the Persian Gulf.
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