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TIL that banks have therapists who help their super rich clients who mentally unable to cope with their immense wealth.

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BZok TIL that the Ithorian in the cantina from Star Wars has an entire backstory on why he was there
QNgDp TIL that during WWII workers at the Henry Ford aircraft factory Willow Run built a staggering 8,685 B-24 bombers in three years. No one had ever manufactured airplanes on such a scale before. At its peak in 1944, it produced a B-24 every hour.
5VBVn TIL that in 2015, a Louisiana man was arrested for drunkenly riding a horse on a highway. When detained, he said, "The horse knows the way home" and the sheriff concluded it did not constitute DUI.
yVnrX TIL that in 1994, an American man named Chris Clark made an accidental yet life-changing investment: he bought the domain name pizza.com for just $20. Over a decade later, this small decision would make him a millionaire.
dNXr TIL that during the Cold War, the Soviet Union had two missiles pointed at an area they thought was the entrance to a secret bunker, since many high-ranked officials went there. It turns out that the area was a hot dog stand.