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TIL in 2021, detailed credentials for more than 21 million mobile VPN app users were advertised for sale online by a cyberthief. The data included email addresses, randomly generated password strings, and payment information, belonging to users of three VPN apps—SuperVPN, GeckoVPN, and ChatVPN

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p1YG TIL, that British MPs while speaking within Parliament are exempt from defamation laws, this allows them to insult each other in any way possible without any legal consequence.
5WDQ TIL not one shopping mall has been built in the United States since 2006
DPne TIL there’s a game that makes you make decisions as though you were a single parent with only $1,000 left and most people don’t get past 11 minutes into it
R5Z0a TIL in the 1940s, Dr. John C. Cutler led US-funded syphilis experiments in Guatemala, secretly infecting prisoners and patients, including a terminally ill woman, to study penicillin. Justified as "for the greater good," it remained hidden until 2010 when the US government issued a formal apology.
6kBX TIL A young Italian in the 15th century fell into the side of a hill, discovering the remains of the Domus Aurea, an enormous Roman palace–filled with art. Michaelangelo and Raphael visited this buried palace, inspiring their art, and subsequently the early Italian Renaissance.