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TIL the difference between news agencies (Reuters/AP) and news organizations (Fox/CNN). Agencies report and unbiasedly summarize news which organizations then buy and spin for their own audiences. So, if you want free, factual and unbiased reporting, you can just read reporting from an agency.

by whatilearned May 31, 2022, 5:02 am

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TIL that in addition to Red Cross organizations, there are also Red Crescent and Red Crystal organizations, with the symbols localized for acceptance by the community of each nation that has such an organization. In the past there was also a Red Lion and Sun (Iran).

by whatilearned March 3, 2022, 5:34 pm

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TIL that in 1941 the British Intelligence Service had a version of monopoly developed and distributed to World War 2 P.O.W’s that included maps, compasses, real money and other objects useful for escaping. They were distributed to prisoners by fake charity organizations.

by whatilearned February 11, 2022, 10:15 am

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TIL Will Smith gave $122,500 to three Scientology organizations in 2007

by whatilearned December 10, 2021, 3:10 am

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‘Over-permissive’ authentication checks left 190 Australian organizations

by ProgrammerDude December 1, 2021, 3:49 pm

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Why use AWS Organizations with Terraform Workspaces

by ProgrammerDude November 25, 2021, 2:10 pm

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TIL: There is a non-profit charity assessment and effective altruism-focused organization, which focuses primarily on the cost-effectiveness of the organizations that it evaluates, rather than traditional metrics such as the percentage of the organization’s budget that is spent on overhead.

by whatilearned November 15, 2021, 12:15 pm

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What is the best way to purchase a gun and receive firearm safety training in the US (Washington State) without supporting right-wing organizations or businesses?

by QuestionGuy October 28, 2021, 2:42 am

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TIL that the FTC actually recommends against organizations using regular password changing policies as it only encourages users to use simple, easy to remember passwords that they then only alter in predictable ways.

by whatilearned September 30, 2021, 4:24 pm

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TIL about the Citizens’ Commission to Investigate the FBI, a small group that broke into an FBI field office and stole documents that revealed the FBI’s spying on and infiltration of left-wing organizations across the US.

by whatilearned September 29, 2021, 11:52 am

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TIL of An0m, a device marketed to criminal organizations as super-secure, with its own closed messaging network. It was actually run by law enforcement across multiple countries, who got copies of every communication sent through it.

by whatilearned September 15, 2021, 4:18 pm

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TIL that Carlos Chagas was denied the nobel prize due to scientific organizations in Brazil refusing to accept his findings on the Chagas Disease

by whatilearned July 23, 2021, 3:06 pm

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