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TIL that the guys who invented Lego are now the richest family in Denmark

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6B7l TIL that in Singapore, car buyers must pay for duties and bid for a Certificate of Entitlement, good for a decade. The cost of the Singaporean certificate of entitlement alone would buy a Porsche Boxster in the US
kJ4RE TIL Four NASA interns stole $20 million in moon rocks in order to sell them for profit. Two of said interns reportedly crushed up sample and placed them under a pillow on order to “have sex on the Moon”
b9bo7 TIL That Bill Cosby received credit for his TV work as part of his Doctorate in Education degree
YQPd TIL that since 1983 Larry Flynt has sent a delivery of porn every month to every member of Congress. Congress has tried to stop the deliveries but the U.S. District Court has ruled that the delivery cannot be stopped under the First Amendment
9eeB TIL that a 17 year old girl fell 2 miles after the airplane she was in exploded due to a lightning strike. She managed to walk for 10 days until she was found by lumberjacks.