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TIL gamblers lose $6 billion a year at Las Vegas casinos

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GY5jG TIL in 1989 federal agents seized almost 20 tons of cocaine--worth up to $6 billion from a single warehouse
BrW1x TIL that Larry Flynt has sent a monthly copy of Hustler to every congressional office since 1983, and members of Congress can't stop receiving the magazines—because a court agreed that it was within Flynt's right to petition the government under the First Amendment.
1ApP TIL “The Wonder Years” hasn’t been released on DVD because rights to Joe Cocker’s version of “With a Little Help From My Friends” could never be secured. Netflix and Amazon use an alternate version of the song.
KOKLB TIL of Art-o-mat machines; specialised vending machines that dispense art, specifically the artwork of local artists. As of July 2018, there were over 100 machines around the world, and over 400 artists involved.
yQn5J TIL that after the Holocaust a number of survivors called Nakam or "Jewish Avengers" attempted to exact revenge on the Germans by poisoning their food and water.