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TIL in 1994 Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty, former members of band The KLF, recorded a video of themselves burning £1 million. In 1995, the pair released a video of the burning titled "K Foundation Burn a Million Quid" and then promptly went on hiatus, returning in 2017.

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9KQm TIL of a jobless Irish lady who won a lotto jackpot of $46m. She now plans to donate all but $2m to her town and to give local people a chance. She said “I know what it’s like to have nothing …that’s why I’m giving it away - I can’t miss what I never had.”
yVlMw TIL of La Bougie du Sapeur. A French satirical newspaper that is only published 29th February. It has been published since 1980 and there have been a total of 12 issues to date
ZlgD TIL the steel used in the US to make structural beams, plates and reinforcing bars is nearly 100% recycled. Employing 1 metric ton (1000kgs) of recycled steel saves the need for the extraction and use of 1.1 metric tons of iron ore, 630 kilograms of coal, and 55 kilograms of limestone.
VBoPD TIL there is a North Korean novel in English about a couple falling in love while studying at university in Pyongyang who later flee to China. The author Ann Shin met and interviewed many defectors
4kRd6 TIL about the "Siglas Poveiras", a very local writing system in north Portugal that is used by families as coas or fisherman symbols. It's believed that came from for norse settlers runes that lived in the region.