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TIL that Neptune has only completed one orbit of the Sun since its discovery in 1846.

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EgPVp TIL that the Slurpee was invented by accident when a Dairy Queen owner would provide frozen soda, from a cooler, to customers when his soda fountain would break down. The owner, Omar Knedlik, improvised the Icee machine out of car parts, which was eventually licensed by 7-11, to become the Slurpee.
wLK6E TIL A man in New Jersey went to the emergency room for an open cut on his finger and was charged almost $9,000 for a tetanus shot and a bandage.
aWrL TIL that in 1894 Japan offered to buy the Philippines from Spain for 40 million pounds.
9V1m TIL Warner Bros. spent $10 million on a “Mr. Limpet” remake starring Jim Carrey only to abandon the project when the animation tests were deemed “horrifying”
6En8w TIL that standing near a Gympie-Gympie Tree can cause hives and nosebleeds, while touching one causes a severe pain "like being burnt with hot acid and electrocuted at the same time." The pain can last up to two years.