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TIL Profiteering from academic "pay to publish" was fathered by a man known for pension fraud and passed on his labor exploitation skills to the next generation.

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YppA TIL A Japanese girl was crushed to death by a gate that was slammed shut because she was tardy to class.
Ypkvv TIL a man sent free tennis balls to people all over the world if they promised to use them to play with their dogs
epgOn TIL in 2010 a two-tonne hippo escaped from a Montenegro zoo during a flood. After wandering around nearby farms for 10 days, she returned to her pen on her own accord. Her keepers had been keeping a close eye on her, giving her food when she came close to the zoo & covering her with hay at night.
OG0B1 TIL that Mick Fleetwood (June 24th 1947) is less than a year older than Stevie Nicks (May 16, 1948).
Bg0vk TIL Daughter from California syndrome is a phrase used in the medical profession to describe a situation in which a disengaged relative challenges the care a dying elderly patient is being given, or insists that the medical team pursue aggressive measures to prolong the patient's life