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TIL: In 2013, after Zimbabwe finished paying the salaries of public workers, the government had only $217 in the entire country's bank balance due to decades of financial mismanagement and 231 mill... (www.vice.com)

I once found $200 on the floor of a gas station. If I’d known that made me richer than a country, I wouldn’t have been so bummed about having to spend it all on tax debts.

TIL that every employee at the Hanford Engineer Works in Richland, WA donated one day's worth of their pay to purchase a B-17 bomber, as their contribution to the WW2 effort. The plane was christen... (www.historylink.org)

TIL that since 2004, countries like Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and UAE have replaced camel jockeys with robot drones, to prevent children being exploited into riding camels. It also prevented race-fixin... (en.wikipedia.org)

TIL about the CSS Hunley, a confederate submarine that sank three times, killing her entire crew each time. (en.wikipedia.org)

TIL that if you're a communist - or were in the past 10 years - the US prevents you from becoming a citizen (www.uscis.gov)

A. Purpose and Background 1. Purpose The inadmissibility ground for immigrant membership in or affiliation with the Com

TIL that a set of triplets found each other coincidentally after being separated at adoption for a pyschological experiment, when a college student mistook one of the triplets for his unknown broth... (en.wikipedia.org)

TIL about Bill Benter, a gambler who wrote an algorithm that helped him win nearly $1 billion on horse races. (en.wikipedia.org)

Tech giants could be fined billions in fake news crackdown (www.9news.com.au)

The online behemoths have for years struggled to combat misinformation across their platforms, leading to a…

TIL that Sigourney Weaver only earned $35,000 for Alien (1979) but got $1,000,000 and a share of the profits for Aliens (1986) (www.joe.ie)

Millions of dollars in fines to punish online misinformation under new [Australian] draft bill (www.abc.net.au)

Online platforms spreading misinformation and disinformation could face millions of dollars in penalties under new proposed federal government legislation that bolsters the power of Australia’s media watchdog.

American TikTok user data stored in China, video app admits (www.telegraph.co.uk)

TIL fish have thoughts and feelings, they like to have fun, and they achieve stress relief through soothing physical contact like monkeys and humans do (think mutual grooming or massage therapy). T... (thehumaneleague.org)

Now that we know fish have thoughts, emotions, and pain receptors, it’s time to let them off the hook.

The FTC Forces Ring to Take User Privacy Seriously (www.eff.org)

Amazon’s surveillance doorbell company Ring has reached a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission which will require the company to pay $5.8 million over its inability to keep private footage and audio collected from users’ homes. This action stems from a collection of privacy violations…

Hacker responsible for 2020 Twitter breach sentenced to prison (techcrunch.com)

The hacker, known as PlugWalkJoe, was part of a group that broke into high-profile Twitter accounts in 2020 to spread cryptocurrency scams.

TIL that the movie "Flamin' Hot" is not based on a true story; the LA Times investigated the origin of Flamin' Hot and it does not match up with what Richard Montanez claims he did (www.latimes.com)

Richard Montañez has for years told a story of how he dreamed up Flamin’ Hot Cheetos while working as a Frito-Lay janitor. The archival record, former employees and Frito-Lay itself say otherwise.

TIL that the Canadian government will send you a flag that has been flown on top of the Parliament buildings. The current waiting list is over 100 years. (www.cbc.ca)

Reddit API fee protests push into third week (www.axios.com)

TIL Michael Jackson's "Billy Jean" was a real stalker who sent Jackson multiple letters claiming he was the father of one of her twins, culminating in sending him a handgun and an invitation to a m... (en.wikipedia.org)

TIL Jimmy Carter and his administration despite many attempts failed to locate a downed twinengine plane over Africa. The CIA contacted a woman in California who claimed to have supernatural capabi... (historynewsnetwork.org)

TIL Products made by incarcerated New Yorkers, who earn as little as 16 cents an hour, power a $50 million-a-year industry. (gothamist.com)

Gothamist is a non-profit local newsroom, powered by WNYC.

California Senate approves wave and tidal renewable energy bill (www.energyglobal.com)

The California State Senate has unanimously passed the California Senate Bill 605 – Wave and Tidal Energy.

TIL that at the funeral of his first wife, Kato Svanidze, Stalin said "This creature softened my heart of stone. She died and with her died my last warm feelings for humanity." During her burial, S... (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL: In 2013, after Zimbabwe finished paying the salaries of public workers, the government had only $217 in the entire country's bank balance due to decades of financial mismanagement and 231 mill... (www.vice.com)

TIL that every employee at the Hanford Engineer Works in Richland, WA donated one day's worth of their pay to purchase a B-17 bomber, as their contribution to the WW2 effort. The plane was christen... (www.historylink.org)

TIL that since 2004, countries like Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and UAE have replaced camel jockeys with robot drones, to prevent children being exploited into riding camels. It also prevented race-fixin... (en.wikipedia.org)

TIL about the CSS Hunley, a confederate submarine that sank three times, killing her entire crew each time. (en.wikipedia.org)

TIL that if you're a communist - or were in the past 10 years - the US prevents you from becoming a citizen (www.uscis.gov)

TIL that a set of triplets found each other coincidentally after being separated at adoption for a pyschological experiment, when a college student mistook one of the triplets for his unknown broth... (en.wikipedia.org)

TIL about Bill Benter, a gambler who wrote an algorithm that helped him win nearly $1 billion on horse races. (en.wikipedia.org)

Tech giants could be fined billions in fake news crackdown (www.9news.com.au)

TIL that Sigourney Weaver only earned $35,000 for Alien (1979) but got $1,000,000 and a share of the profits for Aliens (1986) (www.joe.ie)

Millions of dollars in fines to punish online misinformation under new [Australian] draft bill (www.abc.net.au)

American TikTok user data stored in China, video app admits (www.telegraph.co.uk)

TIL fish have thoughts and feelings, they like to have fun, and they achieve stress relief through soothing physical contact like monkeys and humans do (think mutual grooming or massage therapy). T... (thehumaneleague.org)

The FTC Forces Ring to Take User Privacy Seriously (www.eff.org)

Hacker responsible for 2020 Twitter breach sentenced to prison (techcrunch.com)

TIL that the movie "Flamin' Hot" is not based on a true story; the LA Times investigated the origin of Flamin' Hot and it does not match up with what Richard Montanez claims he did (www.latimes.com)

TIL that the Canadian government will send you a flag that has been flown on top of the Parliament buildings. The current waiting list is over 100 years. (www.cbc.ca)

Reddit API fee protests push into third week (www.axios.com)

TIL Michael Jackson's "Billy Jean" was a real stalker who sent Jackson multiple letters claiming he was the father of one of her twins, culminating in sending him a handgun and an invitation to a m... (en.wikipedia.org)

TIL Jimmy Carter and his administration despite many attempts failed to locate a downed twinengine plane over Africa. The CIA contacted a woman in California who claimed to have supernatural capabi... (historynewsnetwork.org)

New Study Reveals Global Reservoirs Are Becoming Emptier (today.tamu.edu)

Reddit captures 7% to 16% less audience time during blackout (www.similarweb.com)

Sweden adopts new fossil-free target, making way for nuclear (www.power-technology.com)

TIL Products made by incarcerated New Yorkers, who earn as little as 16 cents an hour, power a $50 million-a-year industry. (gothamist.com)

California Senate approves wave and tidal renewable energy bill (www.energyglobal.com)

TIL that at the funeral of his first wife, Kato Svanidze, Stalin said "This creature softened my heart of stone. She died and with her died my last warm feelings for humanity." During her burial, S... (en.wikipedia.org)

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