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TIL on 3/11/08 a viewer asked Jim Cramer if he should worry about his investment in Bear Stearns. Cramer replied “No! No! No! Bear Stearns is not in trouble. If anything, they’re more likely to be taken over. Don’t move your money from Bear.” 3 days later it dropped 92%.

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4krGJ TIL: There is currently an Anti Superstition and Black Magic Act in India passed in 2013. It was mainly passed to reduce scam artists promising cures. However, it also banned carrying out inhumane acts to gain supernatural powers and claiming to be a reincarnated lover to sleep with women.
d8P1d TIL about Masako Wakamiya, a Japanese woman who on noticing the lack of fun game apps for senior citizens learnt coding at the age of 81 and created her own app, Hinadan, inspired by a Japanese doll festival. She holds seminars and workshops to educate elderly about the benefits of technology.
p8oBG TIL Ontario's Dog Owner's Liability Act ('DOLA') stipulates that a dog owner(s) assumes liability for damages caused by dog bites or attacks. This is strict liability test because it does not depend on an owner's negligence, fault, or the animal's known propensity to act aggressively.
7yYZ TIL an American POW in Osaka, narrowly avoided an execution by uttering the words “He can kill me, but he will not kill my spirit, and my spirit will lodge inside him and haunt him for the rest of his life.”. The Japanese officer backed off.
vPygj TIL Kanamara Matsuri (Penis Festival) is held in April at the Kanayama Shrine in the city of Kawasaki