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TIL of Patrick Combs, a man who cashed an obviously fake joke check for $95,000. The bank didn’t notice and gave him the money.

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EggLp TIL that the life expectancy of reinforced concrete is 50-100 years.
noVY TIL that UC Davis researchers devised a test for bomb and drug-sniffing dogs. They put dogs through 144 runs of a clean room with no drugs or explosives. But the dogs indicated on 123 runs, indicating a failure rate of 85% according to the test’s criteria.
DQdae Today I learned of dark lightning, known also as Terrestrial gamma-ray flash (TGF). Dark lightning discharges from storm clouds and flings antimatter into space.
6907l TIL about the thick-tailed pygmy jerboa, a species of rodent found in China, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia. They have a head and body length of around 4.5-6 cm, are described as having a large head with small eyes, and live in permanent burrows with multiple passages that can extend for 3 m.
VMdKp TIL that there are a couple different ways to do nipple reconstruction. One of those ways is to use your labia.