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TIL caller ID spoofing is LEGAL in the United States. I wonder why carriers lack the technology to detect and block spoofed numbers

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awXWM TIL the Bridgestone tire company is named after its founder Shōjirō Ishibashi, whose surname means "stone bridge" in Japanese
0dPgy TIL that "Upload" was aired in 2020 and has a Kamala Oprah 2024 in the first 5 minutes. 3 full seasons of subliminals
4X7rw TIL while Alfred Hitchcock was beginning production on The Birds in August 1961, coincidentally, the California seaside town of Capitola was struck by thousands of crazed seabirds
p8VJG TIL during a simulated military exercise in the Persian Gulf, the opposing force wiped out the US fleet in just 2 days using low tech strategies. The rules of the exercise were subsequently changed to ensure an overwhelming US victory was the final result.
kEr7 TIL of the “Well to Hell” hoax, where it was reported than a group of Russian engineers (while drilling into the ground) broke into Hell, and screams of the damned could be heard. The Trinity Broadcasting Network ran with the story and claimed it proved the existence of Hell.