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TIL that the Italian mafia's scammed people with counterfeit olive oil. It's lucrative but less risky than smuggling drugs.

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NXObJ TIL James Rothschild is a double heir, to both Rothschild and Guinness fortunes
KYMbR TIL that ligers (the offspring of a male lion and female tiger) are the largest big cat because, unlike lionesses, female tigers do not possess growth-limiting genes to counter the growth-maximising genes of male lions.
69NOl TIL that King Christian X of Denmark regularly traveled without security during WW2 and spoke out against antisemitism while living under Nazi occupation, eventually rescuing 95% of Denmark’s Jewish population by relocating them to Sweden.
KBj4 TIL the NY Times has a test that was able to figure out the town I’m from after just 25 questions about word choices. “How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk”
OoQP6 TIL about a man who planted an enormous guitar shaped forest as a tribute to his late wife.