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TIL ATMs have a timeout - wait too long to take your cash, and it pulls it back in

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69ML8 TIL about the Luhn algorithm or Luhn formula, also known as the "modulus 10" or "mod 10" algorithm, named after its creator, IBM scientist Hans Peter Luhn - a simple check digit formula used to validate a variety of identification numbers including credit card numbers.
WkYQd TIL a Polish writer, Krystian Bala, wrote a fictional novel where he details a murder much similar to the one he’d committed 3 years ago. This novel played a huge part in solving that murder and he was later sentenced to jail for 25 years.
Vy80 TIL the founder of Domino’s Pizza met his wife while delivering pizza. On Valentine’s Day after their second date, he gave her a heart-shaped pizza.
R7An8 TIL of Ushuaia, Argentina, the southernmost city in the world. Despite it's latitude and being adjacent to a glacier, winters are actually very mild with typical temperatures no lower that of some populated parts of the Scottish Highlands.
xVeV1 TIL Medical errors kill more Americans every year than guns, cars and alcohol combined.