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TIL that there IS a Word that Rhymes with Orange!

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owJE TIL a public treasurer lost $1.2m of a Michigan county’s money to a Nigerian email scam
E1Zgx TIL the Silk Road black market founder Ross Ulbricht was caught because he used his Silk Road username in a forum asking for software help
O4eX TIL that in Chicago in 1918 one hundred waiters were taken into custody for poisoning the drinks of people who tipped them poorly.
yVJ8a TIL about Li-Fi, a technology introduced in 2011 that uses visible light, ultraviolet light, and infrared light to deliver information in wireless networks similar to radio waves in Wi-Fi.
xVaxD TIL the Black Plague was so deadly it killed 50% of Europe's population in the 14th century & reduced world population by up to 200 million