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TIL rain on concrete or soil causes pockets of gas that were stored to be released because they get softened, which gives that familiar ‘after-rain’ smell

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PWoZ TIL two men were brought up on federal hacking charges when they exploited a bug in video poker machines and won half a million dollars. His lawyer argued, “All these guys did is simply push a sequence of buttons that they were legally entitled to push.” The case was dismissed.
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GAY5E TIL that approximately 7.7% of men and 4.8% of women in the genral population have Narcissistic Personality Disorder: a mental illness characterized by grandiosity and a general lack of empathy.