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TIL the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the richest church, valued at over $100 billion

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MeMa8 TIL Two Oxford students heard that the author Rudyard Kipling earned 10 shillings per word so they sent him 10 shillings and asked for one of his very best words. Kipling replied: "Thanks".
nWeJY TIL There is a mountain in Wyoming where you could pee and some of it would end up in the Mississippi River, the Columbia River and the Colorado River.
9w7wQ TIL In the 1920s John Factor earned millions from fraud in Britian before escaping to Monaco where he broke the bank by rigging the tables. Factor escaped to the United States where he eventually received a pardon from President Kennedy, Factor was Kennedy's biggest donator.
m14AE TIL that if a child has peanut allergies, there is a good chance it is because their parents followed bad medical advice to avoid exposing them for several years after birth.
oBxRo TIL that 28 years ago a Floridian woman opened her door to a clown and was shot. In 2014, a hair was found in the evidence. After a DNA test, the clown was found in Tennessee running a restaurant with the wife's husband. Apparently having an affair months before the murder, they were now married.