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TIL cheating on exams or any other assignment at the University of Virginia is punished by expulsion. There is no lesser punishment.

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ADQk4 TIL Bernard Moitessier was about to set a record for the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the globe when he decided instead to continue on to Tahiti "because he was happy at sea."
xevg TIL The “Do Nothing Congress” that Truman ran against passed 802 more bills than the current congress.
9ADD TIL that Seymour Cray (the genius behind the Cray Supercomputer) claimed that elves in a tunnel he was digging under his house would give him advice.
DZ6Y TIL that a man was believed to have jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge. A suicide note and his jacket were found and he was presumed dead. 1 year later he was found in Texas selling bibles.
N7Y51 TIL a study of spiny lobsters showed they avoid others who've contracted an infectious disease called PaV1 that is transmitted by physical contact and which has a steady 7% infection rate in Florida waters. Spiny lobsters are very social and share communal dens but will shun infected individuals.