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TIL goldfish were originally silver but were bred until they became yellow by the Song Dynasty imperial family because they really liked yellow

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d8Pxj TIL that in 2018, the average cost of a Formula One car was $15.52 million - with more than 50% of that being the cost of the engine
aw0NM TIL Iran isn't the name of a government entity. It's simply how the Persian people say the name of their country in Farsi (Iran's Official language) "Iran" is Farsi for "Persia" (Greek form) and they simply wanted people to stop using the Greek form.
KYgeE TIL Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour began in 2018 and set to to finally conclude this weekend in Sweden, with at least $910 million in ticket sales
XYNk TIL the US is pretty much the only first world nation, without mandated paid holidays or vacation by the law
KVo9 TIL during the Cold War, students at Stuyvesant High School built a particle accelerator in their school’s basement. However, when they powered it on, it “tanked the electrical system for the building and surrounding area.” > $10,000 were spent on the machine, but no one knows what happened to it.