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TIL about Luke "Milky" Moore. He abused a bank error to overdraft $1.5million and spent it on cars, drugs, and sex before he was caught and sent to jail. He successfully argued his own case and was released without having to pay any of it back.

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lop67 TIL of the Laconia Incident, in which a German U-Boat conducting rescue operations upon Allied troops was deliberately attacked by a US bomber.
E1Bk0 TIL only Alaska Native peoples who reside in Alaska and dwell on the coast may harvest Pacific walruses for subsistence and handicraft purposes. The harvest must be non-wasteful and taking the walrus only for their ivory is not allowed.
GY08j TIL that after the dissolution of Yugoslavia, the country code top-level domain for Montenegro officially changed in 2007 from .yu to .me.
kJlMe TIL that Frank Iero from My Chemical Romance was visited by the Secret Service after he released a song called "I Am Going to Kill the President of the United States of America". He was threatened with 5 years in prison if he ever played the song live again.
kJ8A7 TIL Jimmy Carter doesn't qualify for federal health benefits because he only worked for the government for 4 years not the required 5