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TIL Mike Tyson became a boxer because a bully killed his pigeon.

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6EwpZ TIL Research from Michigan State University is one of the first to identify common attributes of cybercrime networks, revealing how these groups function and work together to cause an estimated $445-600 billion of harm globally per year.
w18W TIL That it was illegal for the British monarch to be Catholic, or even married to a Catholic until 2015.
wog87 TIL: It is common for people (particularly Hindus) to be given names on the basis of horoscopes, usually provided by an astrologer. The astrologer determines the sound a name should begin with and the family will choose a name based on that sound.
LJLV TIL A Japanese farmer discovered a gold seal while repairing an irrigation ditch in 1784. The seal turned out to be 95% pure gold and was a gift from the Chinese Emperor to a Japanese envoy from 54 CE, the earliest recorded date of contact between the two countries.
1arX TIL in Denmark there is a mobile sand dune that has been left unmanaged to allow future generations to understand the problems it presents.