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TIL: In 2020, people reported losing $304 million to romance scams. That’s nine times higher than it was five years prior, at $33 million in 2015. (FTC, February 2021)

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KYGe4 TIL that in addition to being the youngest EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) winner, fastest to achieve EGOT, and only EGOT winner twice over, songwriter Robert Lopez (who wrote music for such works as Disney's Frozen) broke the previous record of fastest to achieve EGOT previously held by...himself.
VMgK0 TIL That the experimental T-13 grenade of World War II was designed with a size, weight and shape similar to a baseball, thus making it easy for young American men to properly throw the grenade with both accuracy and distance.
j0pa TIL that after abusing alcohol and drugs for the better half of her life, iconic jazz singer Billie Holiday was swindled out of her earnings and died with all of 70 cents (US$6 in 2016 dollars) in the bank.
e0NbE TIL that the patron Saint of ice-skaters, got her sainthood after being disabled in an ice-skating accident.
M0l0 TIL: a man modified a bulldozer into a tank and systematically destroyed several buildings in his town. Police were helpless and the rampage ended when the driver took his own life.