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TIL That if you live in a family with an income of around $75,000 you are richer than 95% of the planet and 99.99% of anyone who has ever lived.

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bB19 TIL that in 1792 criminals saw they could make a good profit by filing shavings from the sides of gold and silver coins and selling the precious metal, which is why coins now have ridges on their sides.
w7x1 TIL when Disney were about to start making their own sequels to Pixar movies, Pixar’s John Lasseter said “It’s like you have these dear children and you have to give them up to be adopted by convicted child molesters.”
DQPaD TIL that the first Taser model used gunpowder as a propellant so it was classified as a firearm.
RNm1 TIL that chess grandmaster and concert pianist Mark Taimanov became the father of twins at 78
v7QD TIL widespread date-rape drink spiking is an ‘urban legend’ and has been debunked by academic research, showing the majority of those claiming to have had their drink spiked simply consumed too much alcohol