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TIL someone lost a bitcoin wallet with 7,500 bitcoins by accidentally throwing out the wrong hard drive. Current value of those bitcoin is $55,125,000.

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WkMjX TIL that Steve Martin's wedding came as a surprise to his guests. The roughly 75 star-studded attendees (including the likes of Tom Hanks, Diane Keaton, Eugene Levy, and Carl Reiner) said that he had invited them to his house just for a "party." To their shock, upon their arrival his wedding began.
LQNnv TIL Hawaii has an endemic raspberry. Rubus hawaiensis, also called ‘Ākala. It is found on the islands of Kauaʻi, Molokaʻi, Maui, O’ahu, and Hawaiʻi. The berries have a semi-sweet flavor and is a food source for many native birds.
vLAD TIL That Carrie Fisher admitted that she found it difficult to act across from Peter Cushing (Grand Moff Tarkin) in Star Wars because Cushing was so nice and polite to her on set between takes that it was hard to show disdain towards him.
xVwVg TIL that voice actor Frank Welker has voiced Fred from Scooby Doo continuously since the show's inception except for one series where the characters were children. You may also know him as the voice of Megatron from the live action Transformers movies!
rNBM0 TIL that in WW1, the British Army would allow groups of friends to volunteer together and let them serve in the same units in return. As a result, casualties to these "Pals batallions" would wreak havoc to entire communities in Britain.