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TIL the billionaire founder of Duty Free Shoppes is a lifelong renter and has donated his entire $8 Billion fortune to philanthropic initiatives

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WkjB9 TIL There was a battle that supposedly took place in 585 BC which was interrupted by a solar eclipse. The battle ended in a draw and peace was negotiated ending a 6 year war.
E1Law Today I learned Buffalo is a complete sentence, no matter how many times it is in a sentence, from 1 to infinity....
Meoa7 TIL Titanium was in such short supply, that when Lockheed built the A-12 and later SR-71, the CIA had to set up dummy companies to buy the raw materials from the Soviet Union.
Q7aL TIL Night vision goggles are green because we see in more shades of green than any other colour.
W7xvL TIL Dr. Hawley Crippen was tried & executed for killing his wife, in 1910, on the evidence her alleged remains were found in their house. A century later, DNA testing done on the remains proved they were not hers, had no genetic relation, and were male.