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TIL in 2015 David Copperfield was ranked the 20th highest-earning celebrity in the world. He's earned more than any solo entertainer in history.

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LQdKZ TIL castoreum is secreted by beavers to mark their territory and to waterproof their fur. When it squirts out, the noise can be heard by someone standing nearby. The FDA considers castoreum a "natural flavor" since it comes from a natural source and it can be used as a food additive.
eplL TIL theres a woman from Memphis that grows fingernails instead of hair…
J1ZPk TIL in 2024, an Indonesian man was stabbed to death at a party after a heated argument about whether the chicken or the egg came first.
QNpGd TIL a month before the Brooklyn Bridge officially opened in 1883, a gray stray cat named Ned became the first cat to cross it. A worker carried him to the center and released him. Ned walked to Manhattan on his own and was christened 'Ned of the Bridge' at a saloon.
R7E18 TIL about Max Brod who was named by Kafka as his literary executor and instructed to burn his unpublished work upon his death. Instead, he ended up publishing all of Kafka's work.