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TIL Mad Money host and stock market huckster Jim Cramer was a member of the Spartacist League (communists) in college

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j6dj TIL A family foreclosed a bank for trying to foreclose them illegally, and then not paying the legal fees when the family won.
8a7V8 TIL the largest empire ever to exist based on percentage of world population was the Achaemenid Empire originating from Iran, which contained 44% of the global population in 480BC
x6pxo TIL Simon Wells, great-grandson of science fiction author H.G. Wells (who, among other works, wrote “The Time Machine”) was hired as a “Future consultant” for Back to the Future Part II.
xV9gB TIL the Mariana Trench, the deepest ocean trench on earth, has been found to be more polluted than some of the most polluted rivers in China. Plastic bags and other plastic waste have been found throughout the trench, often entangling sea life.
nNn9 TIL Gili Trawangan, a small mainly Muslim Island that is harsh on alcohol, openly and legally sells and consumes Magic Mushrooms on a regular basis in Milkshakes and eaten like potato chips