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TIL that Mark Zuckerberg unsuccessfully tried to sell facebook for $75 million in 2005.

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4X4PJ TIL convicted of a felony in 1934; the Governor of North Dakota barricaded himself in the Governor's Mansion, declared Martial Law, and declared North Dakota an Independent State
m1k9M TIL of John Thompson who had both his arms torn off in a farming accident as a teen in 1992. He went inside the house, phoned for help using a pencil in his mouth, then sat in the bathtub to prevent blood from getting on the new carpet. Both arms were reattached, but he can't fully use his hands.
ZpKka TIL Larry Bird Once Played A Game Mostly With His Left Hand Because He Wanted to Save His Right for the Next Game Against the Lakers.
woO1 TIL that rejected fruit flies use alcohol to cope.
R76bl TIL about Acclimatisation Societies. Groups of people from the 19th century that would purposely introduce exotic species to new places. They are responsible for massive ecological disasters.