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TIL that a fake software company duped over 200K people with fake university degrees in a elaborate scheme employing 2000 people

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jNRAM TIL that in 1989, Ole Bentzen, a Danish audiologist, who was observing a screening of the 1988 comedy film A Fish Called Wanda, laughed uncontrollably to the point that his heart rate rose to an estimated 250–500 beats per minute, leading to a fatal heart attack
E5L7 TIL in 1971, LANSA Flight 508 crashed over the Amazon Jungle, killing all crew and 85 of 86 passengers. The sole survivor was a 17 y.o. girl, who fell 2 miles down into the rain forest strapped to her seat, survived the fall, and walked the jungle injured for 10 days until she was rescued by locals
KOElJ TIL of the 870 million firearms in the world, 100 million are AK 47's
XJmk TIL that in 2003, the Jim Bean warehouse in Kentucky, leaked bourbon into a near by pond and ignited a fire vortex over 100ft tall, and was caught on tape
WDZ4 TIL that North Korean citizens who flee to South Korea automatically become South Korean citizens