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TIL that in 2015 the European Commission paid 360 000€ for a report to study how much piracy impacts the sales of copyrighted goods. The 300-page report concluded that piracy has no statistical effect on the sales and was quietly buried.

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jKGa TIL Don King has killed two men. He shot one in the back who had robbed his illegal gambling house and later stomped an employee to death over $600. He was convicted of murder and later pardoned after Jessie Jackson, Coretta Scott King, and several others wrote letters to Ohio’s governor.
n6pY TIL Dr. Kellogg firmly believed that red meat increased sexual desire and he advocated a diet rich in nuts and cereals. He began to develop a sort of anti-masturbation food and Kellogg’s Corn Flakes are meant to help decrease your likelihood of masturbation.
9Zvr TIL there’s an arctic caterpillar that survives winters by completely freezing itself and then melting itself in spring to come back to life. This can go on for 14 years.
Mev6K TIL: The message to new moms? Leave dad alone with baby. “Studies have actually shown that children who get more attention from their fathers in their first five years of life, actually have better reading scores in school”
wLDdo TIL North Korean hackers managed to steal 13.5 Millions dollars in a massive bank heist with hacked credit cards