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TIL Cleopatra married her two brothers

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1Ka7 TIL: In 1917, The U.S. government sued Clark Stanley for $20 when they found out that the snake oil he was selling did not contain any oil extracted from actual snakes.
4kka6 TIL the only commodity banned from futures trading in the United States is … onions
ppWe TIL that there is was one airline crash for every 3.1 million flight flown in 2015; and that plane crashes involving “deliberate acts of unlawful interference” are not classified as accidents.
VMOym TIL there was a virus in the popular video game, World of Warcraft, which, despite being intended for a small area, spread rapidly causing vacant cities and widespread death until it was fixed. The event grabbed the attention of epidemiologists.
nWnyr TIL: that some species of sharks have an umbilical cord at birth, therefore have a belly button