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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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kOYN7 TIL that 99.9% percent of Americans have never tasted blackcurrant, a widely popular berry in Europe. They were outlawed for almost a century because they spread a fungus that killed white pine trees.
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