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6new TIL A common scam in European cities involves a local who suggest going for a drink with attractive women at a local hotspot. Your “friend” disappears, and you are forced to pay the bill that runs into hundreds or thousands of dollars. The Chinese version involves tea
7rlvX TIL Hawaii is not part of any continent.
D4OY TIL that some cultures believed Vampires were arithmomaniacs and if you were being chased you could throw a handful of rice at them to forced the Vampire to stop and count each grain. This could also be the origin of “The Count” from Sesame Street.
4XxQw TIL a network of centuries-old tunnels under the city of Puebla, Mexico, was considered an urban legend until they were dediscovered in 2015.
wLmJE TIL "The China Syndrome", a 1979 movie about a nuclear power plant disaster, was dismissed by the nuclear power industry as being "sheer fiction". Twelve days after the film was released, the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station experienced a partial meltdown.