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TIL in 2016, a woman bought a $10 scratch-off ticket to show her husband that lottery tickets are a waste of money. The ticket turned out to be worth $1 million.

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epB46 TIL about Senator William Alden “Watertight Smith”, who chaired the US investigations into The sinking of the Titanic and infamously asked why passengers could not shelter in watertight compartments.
GwMJ TIL that there is a version of the Bible translated into Hawaiian Pidgin called “Da Jesus Book”
9YLwB TIL People are still falling for Nigerian Prince scams, and Americans are losing over $700,000 every year to these scams.
5Vx4k TIL First Interstate Bancorp and First Interstate Bank were separate companies, and that First Interstate Bank still exists, headquartered in Montana. First Interstate Bancorp was purchased by Wells Fargo.
wOOM TIL There are types of contact lenses worn only during sleep that reshape your cornea. After taking them out in the morning, your vision is as good as it would be while normally wearing contacts or glasses. Studies also suggest the lenses slow or stop myopic progression in children.