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TIL 91% of $17.5 billion Bernie Madoff defrauded has been returned to 25k+ investors

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rR0b0 TIL Rutherford B. Hayes is wildly popular in Paraguay, and has a whole state named after him (the capital is Villa Hayes too)
aQW9 TIL that in Ancient Rome, the “Traditors” were Christians who betrayed other Christians to Roman authorities. It’s from these people that we get the words “traitor” and “treason”.
VMXdk TIL Spaghetto is what you call a single strand of spaghetti.
M7AG8 TIL Ray Chapman is the only baseball player to die directly from an injury received during a game. He was hit in the head by a pitch and died 12 hours later.
5Dr9 TIL All packaged products sold in India have a “maximum retail price” printed on the package by the manufacturer and that it is illegal for a store to charge more than that. India is the only country with this system.