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TIL China has a shortage of women. Vietnamese wives can be purchased for $4000 to $12,000. A reporter asked some boys why they helped traffickers and they replied “I wanted a new iPhone.”

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OXbL TIL Scientists say human greenhouse gas emissions have canceled the next ice age, and that pre-industrial human modifications of the climate through agriculture, fires and deforestation might have just barely staved it off.
epmBn TIL in 1986, an astronomer traced a 75-cent discrepancy in computer time for ten months. Eventually, the astronomer discovered a German hacker selling defense secrets to the KGB.
WkVoB TIL female investors consistently outperform males over the long term because the produce less testosterone (so they take less risks) and take more time and require more information before making decisions and are seemingly immune to the euphoria that engulfs most male traders during volatile market
NKPM TIL Tolkien’s book “The Two Towers” is ambiguous with regard to the title as any pair from the five towers in the story could plausibly fit the title. Tolkien drew a cover illustration showing the towers he meant but the publisher decided not to use it in order to save money.
lJw7 TIL that the man who found the Boston Marathon bombing suspect in his boat, received only $1k in compensation from the insurance company for his bullet ridden and confiscated boat (which he never got back.)