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TIL Todd Davis, CEO of LifeLock who used his real Social Security number in LifeLock advertisements, was a victim of identity theft 13 times in 2007 and 2008 alone.

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OkV6 TIL Andrew Jackson, the 7th President of the United States, was deeply opposed to the idea of a federal bank. He vetoed the “Second Bank” and was quoted saying “I will kill it”. Now his face is one of the most circulated denomination of the US currency printed by the Federal Bank; the $20 bill.
lgdV TIL that in 1945 Soviet school children presented a US Ambassador with a carved US Seal as a gesture of friendship. It hung in his office for 7 years before discovering it contained a listening device.
4XWAR TIL that the names at the 9/11 memorial are not organized alphabetically, by company or location, but rather by how close of a relationship that person had with those names around them.
788G7 TIL regular 'concussion', or mild traumatic brain injury - mTBI, may lead to chronic neurodegenerative consequences following the twisting, buckling or distortion of white matter in the brain.
BrV1r TIL that Wood Frogs don't hibernate in the winter like other animals, rather they cryogenically freeze their bodies, stopping all their organs INCLUDING their heart, and stay this way for months before thawing themselves out when the weather gets warmer in the spring.