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TIL in 2016 “Worlds Luckiest Man” survived a plane crash and then won the Dubai Millionaire Lottery 6 days later. “God saved me for some specific purpose“ he said.

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y7yM TIL Since 2011 A 60 year old Australian man has been paid by local councils in Sydney to have sex with prostitutes in illegal brothels to gather evidence so they can be shut down.
D5mY TIL that many countries have savings plans that amount to a “no-lose lottery”; interest is a bit lower, but large prizes are given out periodically. It is very successful at getting people to save their money, but is often illegal in N. America due to government monopolies on running lotteries.
NX8y8 TIL Novo Nordisk, the pharmaceutical company producing Wegovy/Ozempic, has a higher market value than the entire GDP of its home country (Denmark)
p8BgQ TIL the power plants at Chernobyl didn't stop producing power for Ukraine till 2000. 14 years after the biggest nuclear disaster ever creating a 1000 sq mile exclusion zone.
9YeNB TIL that Suzanne Somers was fired from 'Three’s Company' for asking for equal pay with her male co-star, John Ritter, who was earning five times her salary.