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TIL The Richest Athlete of All Time Did Nothing With His Wealth and Vanished Into History

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x6PQ1 TIL that chocolate bars Picnic, & Cherry Ripe, as well as the Freddo Frog and Old Gold bar chocolate were created by the Australian confectionary company MacRobertson’s. They were also responsible for introducing chewing gum and cotton candy to Australia. They were bought by Cadbury in 1967
4XlZg TIL about "Kryptos", a sculpture at the CIA headquarters in Langley, VA composed of a matrix of letters cut into metal. It was installed 30 years ago, and contains an encrypted riddle that remains unsolved.
E1YpW TIL the footage of Scranton, PA in the opening credits of The Office was shot by John Krasinski (Jim)
nepOW TIL that much of the "small-penis porn" subgenre features guys who are actually about average size, or even bigger.
mx8xy TIL that Steven Spielberg receives 2.5% of the profits from Star Wars as a result of a trade with George Lucas