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TIL in 1883, a pamphlet was published with three coded pages known as the Beale ciphers. These pages are supposed to have the location of a hidden treasure worth about $63 million. Only the second page has been solved and it is thought that the treasure is located in Bedford County, Pennsylvania.

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161DD TIL a Finland library has a karaoke zone, where locals can reserve up to two hours in a booth using their library cards.
wLpj6 TIL about Stank Baker, a man who had been booked to fly on the 1931 Avro Ten Southern Cloud disappearance only to cancel his flight and travel by train instead which saved his life. Because of this, he gained a fear of flying which became justified when he was killed by another flight 19 years later
QLyX TIL it was no coincidence “Antz” was released a month before Disney/Pixar “A Bugs life”. Pixar had been working on Bugs Life for much longer. Antz was made by a former Disney employee who didn’t leave on good terms. He sped up the production admitting his intentions were to “Battle Disney”
DQKkp TIL Benazir Bhutto (11th, 13th PM of Pakistan) and Liaquat Ali Khan (1st PM of Pakistan) were both assassinated in the same park and rushed to the same hospital. The doctor who attempted to revive Bhutto in 2007 was the son of the same doctor who tried to revive Khan in 1951.
6eVJ TIL in the short scene in Fight Club when Brad Pitt and Edward Norton are drunk and hitting golf balls, they really are drunk, and the golf balls are sailing directly into the side of the catering truck.