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

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07ev TIL that Brazzers’s founder is an Arab, and that the name Brazzers itself is derived from how an Arab would pronounce “Brothers.”
ANYG4 TIL that Bernie Barker a retired Nuclear Engineer was recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records as the World's Oldest Male Stripper at 60
XEE6 TIL Virgin, Utah passed a law in 2000 that requires all citizens (except mentally ill, felons, and the poor) to own a gun and proper ammunition, making them (unofficially) the most prepared for a zombie apocalypse.
rkOw TIL that in last 85 years in the US, unemployment has gone up during all Republican presidential terms except Reagan and gone down during all democrat presidential terms except Carter (see chart)
noXo TIL Manta rays frequently leap out of the water, sometimes to heights as high as 9 feet and then belly flop back into the water. This flop has been reported to sound as loud as a gunshot. It is still a mystery as to why they do this.