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TIL That The Evacuation of British Gold to Canada During WWII Was the Largest Transfer of Wealth in History

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mxlOP TIL in 1870, the corrupt leader of NYC’s city Hall, Boss Tweed offered the New York Times the equivalent of $100 million to not publish their expose on his political corruption.
WKw8 TIL Tarantulas own pets. They take frogs, and bring them back to their hovels to keep as pets. They take their legs, gently stroke the frog’s back, and pat the frog on its head, and lightly scratch behind the earholes. The frog will eat harmfull insects for the Tarantula
jWME TIL that the Burmese Python infestation in the Florida Everglades likely comes from the destruction of a 900 snake breeding facility during Hurricane Andrew in 1992
16RW4 TIL: For decades, people pronounced the year 2000 as "twenty hundred" since it came after the 1800s and 1900s. But for the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey", Stanley Kubrick included specific instructions for journalists to refer to the movie as "two thousand and one"
VBYvZ TIL the Mona Lisa holds the Guinness World Record for the highest known painting insurance valuation in history at US$100 million in 1962 (equivalent to $870 million in 2021). It has been on permanent display at the Louvre in Paris since 1797