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TIL TV Show “Seinfeld” made US$2.7 billion on reruns through June 2010 since it went off the air in 1998.

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N7wRM TIL that on the night of September 10th, 2001, an artist by the name Monika Bravo filmed 7 hours of footage of a thunderstorm from the 91st floor of the WTC North Tower. She took the raw footage home with her that night. The next morning, both towers collapsed. The video she edited is found here:
OonJa TIL that after Swiss police accused Libyan leader Gaddafi's family of criminal activity in Switzerland, Gaddafi submitted a proposal to the U.N to abolish Switzerland and divide it between France, Germany and Italy.
wLWKo TIL that the guava fruit has the highest protein content of any fruit with 2.55g per 100g.
0WNN TIL in 2008 a Berwyn Heights Mayor was subjected to a No-Knock raid, where both of his dogs were killed and he was questioned for several hours just wearing underwear because Prince George’s County Police didn’t believe he was the Mayor.
mxwQo TIL The oldest surviving terrestrial globe is also one of the last to not include the Americas as it was completed in 1492, about a year before Columbus returned from his voyage to the Americas.