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TIL: The largest lottery win ever was $ 941.8 million.

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7rakM TIL back pain is the single leading cause of disability worldwide. In the US, back pain costs over $50bn in missed work days, per years.
MGOb TIL that if you win the million dollar prize on the McDonald’s monopoly game, they actually pay you $50,000 per year for 20 years.
xVeRw TIL the falling dominoes scene in V for Vendetta involved 22,000 dominoes assembled by four professional domino assemblers for the two day shoot.
x6pjD TIL in the cover art for Sgt Pepper’s, John Lennon requested that both Hitler and Jesus be included as figurines. In the final shoot they were placed behind the Beatles and are not noticeable in the artwork
JY9jV TIL of Alexei Berest, who was the Soviet soldier that raised the flag over the Reichstag during the Battle of Berlin. He was not given recognition for his role in lifting the flag for unknown reasons. He later died in 1970 after saving a child from being hit by a train.