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TIL Romance scammers in Africa combine online fraud with spiritual practices to manipulate victims and ensure success, often believing these enhance their scams’ effectiveness and protect them from detection

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R5Vol TIL MLB Legend Ted Williams was “frozen cryonically” after his death in a process called neuropreservation
GyyQ TIL that Harvard earns enough money on interest from its endowment that it could offer free tuition to all students and still make profit on the interest.
eNXk TIL Snackman, the guy who stopped a subway fight by standing between two combatants and calmly ate chips, was inundated with marriage proposals and date requests after video of the brawl went viral.
NJA1 TIL The concept of using a card for purchases was described in 1887 by Edward Bellamy in his utopian novel Looking Backward. Bellamy used the term credit card eleven times in this novel, although this referred to a card for spending a citizen’s dividend from the government, rather than borrowing.
Lk77p TIL that many of the songs by the band Phish take place in Gamehenge and there is a story that connects the songs.