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Budget_Bad8452 t1_jb0c1ym wrote
Reply to comment by angrymoderate09 in TIL of a man in Iraq who hired an online agent to buy a lotto ticket for him in Oregon, and won 6.4 million. by lazarus870
Where I'm from you have to be physically in the province to legally participate
SuckMyDerivative t1_jb0brt3 wrote
Reply to comment by _TheValeyard_ in TIL The acuity of Aqaba in Jordan intentionally sank 21 tanks, anti-aircraft, and other military memorabilia to create an underwater museum for divers by Chc36
Basically pickled tanks - for preservation
Chc36 OP t1_jb09spe wrote
Reply to TIL The acuity of Aqaba in Jordan intentionally sank 21 tanks, anti-aircraft, and other military memorabilia to create an underwater museum for divers by Chc36
Don't know why it changed city to acuity, but the *City of Aqaba
_TheValeyard_ t1_jb09oep wrote
Reply to TIL The acuity of Aqaba in Jordan intentionally sank 21 tanks, anti-aircraft, and other military memorabilia to create an underwater museum for divers by Chc36
Russian divers sending these to the front.
Greene_Mr t1_jb078pw wrote
Reply to comment by TacTurtle in TIL that the Fuggerei in Augsburg, Germany is the oldest public housing complex in the world, being founded all the way back to the 1510s. by TheMisterClo
Fug the Younger's face, Jakob Fugger
EvilioMTE t1_jb05okc wrote
Reply to comment by LassoTrain in TIL of a man in Iraq who hired an online agent to buy a lotto ticket for him in Oregon, and won 6.4 million. by lazarus870
My doctor agrees with the above statement if that's so
angrymoderate09 t1_jb01gy9 wrote
Reply to comment by Informal_Baker in TIL of a man in Iraq who hired an online agent to buy a lotto ticket for him in Oregon, and won 6.4 million. by lazarus870
I was talking more about the 239,839,384 times you don't win. So $25 fee on a $10 ticket is $35.... Plus your time, profit, taxes, etc.
BetterNothingman t1_jazzkg3 wrote
Reply to comment by lazarus870 in TIL of a man in Iraq who hired an online agent to buy a lotto ticket for him in Oregon, and won 6.4 million. by lazarus870
Am an Oregonian. Never seen anyone win state lotto in 37 years (aside from state sanctioned slots for a few hundred). But foreigners do? Go to a casino, your odds are actually higher
V6Ga t1_jazxfmp wrote
Reply to TIL of a man in Iraq who hired an online agent to buy a lotto ticket for him in Oregon, and won 6.4 million. by lazarus870
I am sorry to have to give you no credit for this answer as you did not state your units.
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Revolutionary_Low581 t1_jazt9gm wrote
Reply to TIL Until 1921 the Colorado River did not flow through the State of Colorado. It took an act of Congress to “move” the river into the state by renaming the Grand River and adding it to the Colorado River. by triviafrenzy
When CO Congressman Taylor listed his reasons for the change: "But Taylor may have found his most persuasive argument in the record of the U.S. Senate’s proceedings from 1861 when the Senate named the Colorado Territory. As introduced and passed by the House, the name in the bill for the proposed new territory was the “Territory of Idaho”, other names reportedly considered were Jefferson and Arcadia. In the Senate, however, the name “Idaho” was stricken and “Colorado” inserted “for the reason that the Colorado River arose in its mountains, hence there was a peculiar fitness in the name.” https://legisource.net/2021/05/06/the-mighty-colorado-river-once-known-as-merely-grand/
jthanson t1_jazlwaj wrote
Reply to TIL Until 1921 the Colorado River did not flow through the State of Colorado. It took an act of Congress to “move” the river into the state by renaming the Grand River and adding it to the Colorado River. by triviafrenzy
That’s like the time Congress tried to add Lake Champlain to the Great Lakes.
AutomaticMethod2437 t1_jazikjr wrote
Reply to comment by arrbez in TIL Until 1921 the Colorado River did not flow through the State of Colorado. It took an act of Congress to “move” the river into the state by renaming the Grand River and adding it to the Colorado River. by triviafrenzy
Like how the Missouri River should really be the Mississippi River and the ends of those waters should all be one river.
Informal_Baker t1_jazig5z wrote
Reply to comment by angrymoderate09 in TIL of a man in Iraq who hired an online agent to buy a lotto ticket for him in Oregon, and won 6.4 million. by lazarus870
An international wire is like $25. Basically free if your sending 6 million.
Your going to shafted more on the hourly exchange rate changes then any kind of transfer fee.
Xannin t1_jazgujc wrote
Reply to comment by laineDdednaHdeR in TIL of a man in Iraq who hired an online agent to buy a lotto ticket for him in Oregon, and won 6.4 million. by lazarus870
I thought you were just referring to the transaction prior. I think they were talking about that part being scammy.
laineDdednaHdeR t1_jazdr33 wrote
Reply to comment by Xannin in TIL of a man in Iraq who hired an online agent to buy a lotto ticket for him in Oregon, and won 6.4 million. by lazarus870
Someone pays you to buy them a lottery ticket. That lottery ticket wins millions. And instead giving that person the winnings, you just run away with it and leave them high and dry.
How is that not a scam?
Xannin t1_jazddqp wrote
Reply to comment by laineDdednaHdeR in TIL of a man in Iraq who hired an online agent to buy a lotto ticket for him in Oregon, and won 6.4 million. by lazarus870
What makes it a scam?
lazarus870 OP t1_jaz6ipt wrote
Reply to comment by opiate_lifer in TIL of a man in Iraq who hired an online agent to buy a lotto ticket for him in Oregon, and won 6.4 million. by lazarus870
They don't here in Canada. But they top out around 70 million, not over a billion, lol.
darrellbear t1_jaz4xjb wrote
Reply to comment by AudibleNod in TIL Until 1921 the Colorado River did not flow through the State of Colorado. It took an act of Congress to “move” the river into the state by renaming the Grand River and adding it to the Colorado River. by triviafrenzy
It became the Colorado where the Grand and Green Rivers came together, near Moab, Utah.
opiate_lifer t1_jaz38s2 wrote
Reply to TIL of a man in Iraq who hired an online agent to buy a lotto ticket for him in Oregon, and won 6.4 million. by lazarus870
I have non US friends who were absolutely floored lottery winnings are taxed in the US, looking into it not all nations tax lottery winnings.
Cwallace98 t1_jaz1lva wrote
LassoTrain t1_jaz0nb4 wrote
Reply to comment by Obnoxiousdonkey in TIL of a man in Iraq who hired an online agent to buy a lotto ticket for him in Oregon, and won 6.4 million. by lazarus870
Different guy, or busy popsucket.
LassoTrain t1_jaz0l8z wrote
Reply to comment by Raptorheart in TIL of a man in Iraq who hired an online agent to buy a lotto ticket for him in Oregon, and won 6.4 million. by lazarus870
Is alley a euphemism here?
[deleted] t1_jb0d3c3 wrote
Reply to comment by SuckMyDerivative in TIL The acuity of Aqaba in Jordan intentionally sank 21 tanks, anti-aircraft, and other military memorabilia to create an underwater museum for divers by Chc36
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