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TIL to buy one of everything on Amazon.com, it would be $12.86 billion USD.

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9wpRB TIL that in Major League Baseball history, of the roughly 218, 400 games played across it's history, there has only been 8 occurrences in which the starting pitcher pitched a complete game shutout and hit a solo homerun, for a 1-0 win.
6EZoJ TIL that in 2013 the Vatican had to pull 6000 papal medals from sale because the inscription said “Lesus“ instead of “Jesus”.
kOEKe TIL in 1912, Theodore Roosevelt indirectly aided in Woodrow Wilson’s win when he formed the “Bull Moose Party” in retaliation to not winning the republican presidential nomination against Taft, splitting the republican vote.
rRbyo TIL about Akrotiri, an ancient city on the Greek island of Santorini. The city was buried under falling ash 3600 years ago after a massive volcanic explosion and is now the most commonly cited origin of the legend of Atlantis. Unlike the legend, Akrotiri was evacuated with little to no loss of life.
kODom TIL that lip prints are as unique as someone's fingerprint.