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TIL a toy boat sold for price of a real one at auction

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wLLkJ TIL of Jean O'Hara, a prostitute that made a fortune during WWII in Hawaii, her book about it resulted in brothels being shutdown in Hawaii.
KYmLG TIL of The Ark, a ship hired in 1633 to bring 140 English colonists to the Province of Maryland. On it's trip over the Atlantic, wine was passed out to celebrate Christmas, resulting in 30 people falling ill with fever, and 12 people dying
N7xpN TIL that some deaf people that develop Schizophrenia can have auditory hallucinations and ‘hear’ voices
D1APr TIL about Apophis (Egyptian god of death and darkness), an asteroid that will pass earth closer than our own satellites orbit on Friday 13th, 2029. It will touch our atmosphere, and we will be able to see it wiz overhead. There is a debated chance of it impacting Earth when it returns in 2036.
OmKg TIL 40% of Americans believe the Earth is less than 10,000 years old and 25% of them don’t know the Earth revolves around the Sun