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TIL in 2019 the US government recovered over $3 Billion using the False Claims Act, generally from whistleblower reports.

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YNa7 TIL Rick and Morty largely only exists because Bill Cosby’s lawyers sent a cease and desist to Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon in 2005 over an internet series called ‘House of Cosbys’.
n9AY TIL that many of the minor characters from The Wire are played by real-life police officers, politicians and former criminals. In fact, many of the former criminals who act on the show were previously arrested by the real-life cops who act on the show.
BrE9x TIL author Michael Crichton felt one of his college writing professors was unfairly grading his essays C+. In what he described as a scientific experiment, Crichton submitted an essay by George Orwell under his own name and the professor gave him a B-.
5VwMQ TIL The first Artificial Intelligence (AI) conference was held in 1956
jvQR TIL The British pound is the world’s oldest currency still in use - it is 1200 years old.