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TIL that after Hurricane Katrina, Six Flags New Orleans was abandoned and remains untouched [PICS]

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Lk7Np TIL about Walter Schramm and escheat. He bought AMZN stock in 90's and pledged not to look at his stock account for 20 years. After 20 years logged on and $100,000 worth of Amazon stock was gone. Taken by the state government as unclaimed property because his account was deemed inactive.
wobQ8 TIL It is a myth that people swallow spiders in their sleep
GY6Dg TIL That hard drive memory's are smaller because they read a different type of computer language
wLPRo TIL that the reason large cuts of meat like port and brisket "stall" (stay at the same temperature, sometimes for hours) while being smoked is because they are "sweating" and water evaporation is cooling them as fast as heat is being added.
7AMP TIL that a 6-Year-Old HIV-Positive Boy Was Forced to Live Alone in Rural South West, China.