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TIL that a man scammed a Nigerian prince scammer into joining a fake religion and sending him money, scamming the scammer

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WkLyB TIL that George Harrison, a member of The Beatles, lost his virginity in Hamburg, Germany while the rest of the band watched. Of course, they applauded and cheered when he finished.
ADdpa TIL Cesar Chavez had a dog named Boycott who taught him "to question the right of humans to eat other sentient beings." He said “Racism, economic deprival, dog fighting and cock fighting, bullfighting, and rodeos are all cut from the same defective fabric: violence.”
AGbn TIL the burning sensation felt when applying rubbing alcohol to cuts is caused by nerve cells in the cut that are trying to protect you by responding to heat. The alcohol lowers the amount of heat needed to turn on these cells so much that your own body temperature causes the burning.
d8P88 Today I learned that Operation Meetinghouse, which occured from March 9-10th 1945, was the single most destructive bombing raid in human history
Vj1p TIL There used to be a coloring book to help A-10 pilots learn how to take out enemy tanks. It included phrases such as “Color the bottom of the tank green and yourself brown—you dumb shit. An A-10 will not fit underneath a T-62 tank and remain airborne.”