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TIL: Tom Cruise has been permanently banned from ever buying a Bugatti because he failed to open a door

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W8rY TIL Gardiners Island in New York is one of the United States’ largest private islands, has been owned by the Gardiner family for almost 400 years, and was granted to them by the King of England. It also has New York State’s oldest building on it, built in 1639.
R7eb4 Today I learned about WRLDVW which is a new marketplace where you can buy and sell a limited supply of virtual goods associated with your name or location. For each name and location there are three virtual goods available for sale globally.
PnmO TIL Star Wars IV a new hope, only cost $11 million to make back in 1977. Adjusted for inflation, that is roughly $40 million today.
e0Mwn TIL that stray cows in Uttar Pradesh, India, are barcoded to help keep track of their location and use unoccupied government buildings to give them shelter.
GAp5Q TIL Sucralose "splenda" in the gut creates Sucralose-6-acetate which is genotoxic and can break up DNA