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TIL King Sisowath of Cambodia cooperated with the French Government and was rewarded a new palace, a steam-powered yacht and a 250 lb per year supply or high grade opium

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PbYE TIL A bank in Utah was made using parcel post delivered bricks, around one ton of bricks sent a day. After the building was completed, the regulations were changed, with the post office claiming “It is not the intent of the post office that buildings be sent through mail.”
8aEQK TIL the kid’s show “Arthur” is still in production. The most recent episode that came out was in June of this year, and Season 21 is slated to come out next year.
5YmNP TIL of Steven Phillips, a man who spent 24 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. When he was released in 2008, he received $6 million in compensation. Then, his ex-wife, who divorced him while he was in prison, sued to get part of the compensation. She did not receive a penny.
l76gK TIL Robert Oppenheimer's brother Frank founded the Exploratorium Science Museum in San Francisco
0wZd5 TIL before killing Cecil the lion Walter Palmer was penalized $2938 for illegally killing a black bear in Wisconsin in 2006 and he tried to bribe his guides $20000 to cover it up