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TIL of the 'Eddie Murphy Rule' in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act which disallows secretly giving out doctored market information so as to corner a market using false information.

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WWMY TIL of “Nayirah”, a girl who gave an emotionally charged but false testimony before congress of atrocities she witnessed in Kuwait, but who turned out to be the daughter of a US Ambassador and engaged in a propaganda campaign [Video in Comments]
XEaRr TIL Wendy’s founder Dave Thomas holds the record for most advertisements by one person in history, appearing in over 800 commercials.
OovJ6 TIL that in 2008 was discovered the Sputnik virophage, a virus that infects other viruses, the first known case of hyperparasitodoism between viruses.
P1k5w TIL about the Ship of People Incident in which Norman Macleod of the Isle of Skye kidnapped young men and girls to ship them to America and sell them as indentured servants. When the people were discovered, Norman Macleod claimed that he was shipping off convicts, a practice which was legal.
Jpkk TIL A Brazilian police officer had his Nokia Lumia 520 in his back pocket when two criminals began shooting at him. He was shot in the butt, but the phone took the bullet and he was unharmed.