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TIL that on May of 2010, the online retailer 6PM.com accidentally priced all merchandise at $59.95. They honored the glitch, taking a $1.6m loss.

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5Vwg9 TIL in 2010, officials in Tokyo went to congratulate the oldest man in the city, Sogen Kato, on his 111th birthday, but instead found his skeletal remains on his bed. He’d been dead for 30 years but his family had kept it secret to continue collecting his pension money.
XEpdD TIL Dustin Hoffman "helped" co-star Meryl Streep in a scene of 1979 film Kramer vs Kramer by slapping her hard in the face without warning. "This was my first movie, and it was my first take in my first movie, and he just slapped me." Despite a contentious working relationship, both won Oscars.
4Xx8o TIL the Mongols had a battle in Israel against the Mamluks (Egypt) and was the first permanent defeat for the Mongols
6EkW TIL that “Finnegans Wake”, a book by James Joyce, is widely considered to be one of the most difficult works of fiction to read. Readers and commentators have yet to come to a unanimous agreement on who the characters are or what the plot is.
5VykP TIL some bricks have indentations called “frogs,” which reduce their weight and provide a key for mortar, enhancing the bond between bricks.