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Today I learned someone paid $2M for a sealed 1985 NES Super Mario Bros.

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9RbB TIL of the Horseshoe Theory. The idea is that the political spectrum isn’t a line, it’s more of a horseshoe shape. The extreme ends of the left and right are more similar to each other than moderate left and moderate right.
e1gg TIL that women’s fertility affects their preference for male partners. When most fertile, they prefer men with more “masculine” traits; when pregnant or in a non-fertile part of the cycle, they seek the “nice-guy provider”. Men can tell; lap dancers earn more money when ovulating.
Bgw8K TIL the last time a supernova (a powerful and luminous explosion of a star) was visible with the naked eye was in 1604. Known as "Kepler's Supernova", it was so bright it was visible during the day for a period of three weeks.
N7wQ TIL that in Nordic countries, the client, not the prostitute, is guilty of the crime.
78ok7 TIL of Pájaro Verde, a toxic moonshine beverage concocted in Chilean prisons with the ingredients consisting of sugar, rice, rotted fruits and also includes things such as turpentine, paint thinners and paint. There have been cases of prisoners mixing their feces in it to aid in fermentation.