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TIL a $60,000 USD Pokemon card was lost in the mail

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wLQ0o TIL that Eli Black, then-CEO of the successor of United Fruit killed himself by jumping onto the tracks of Grand Central Station when his illicit bribes to the Honduran government were discovered. His son is now one of the most successful hedge fund managers in the world.
pYNEp TIL the leaf sheep sea slug can perform photosynthesis by eating algae and absorbing the chloroplasts
MeDeK TIL: In 1911, Canadian prospector William Henry Wright and his brother-in-law were hunting rabbits when they stumbled upon a quartz outcrop that eventually yielded 13.5 million ounces of gold.
BOme TIL that during the fundraiser scene for The Dark Knight, Michael Caine was supposed to have some dialogue when the Joker first shows up. However, as it was his first time seeing Heath Ledger in his full Joker costume, he was so terrified that he forgot every single one of his lines.
6dKJ TIL a woman won the New Jersey lottery twice, and now lives in a trailer park