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TIL the 2015 Neiman Marcus holiday catalog features a $150,000 motorcycle that comes with a 2-day ride along the California Coast with Keanu Reeves

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KY1ow TIL of King Henry I, known as “the Fat,” who is not known for much except for his great girth. He has been considered a “colourless personality whose reign saw significant events in which he apparently played no leading part.’
a11A TIL that Howie Hubler, a Morgan Stanley bond trader, is responsible for the biggest loss on a trade in history: $9 billion in 2007 during the housing market collapse. He was given the option to resign instead of being fired in October 2007, receiving $10 million in back pay upon his departure.
Ea4V TIL after years spent working on the film “Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan,” screenwriter Robert Towne grew dissatisfied with the production and chose to credit his dog, P.H. Vazak, with the script instead of himself. Vazak went on to become the first dog nominated for an Oscar for screenwriting.
4k1Gw TIL that although the ancestor of all big cats split into the family of Felidae nearly 7 Mya, the skulls of lions and tigers are so similar they are difficult to be told apart by the untrained eye except by specific characteristics like skull sutures placement, nasal bone size, and canine size.
6NP8 TIL on his deathbed the writer/philosopher Voltaire responded to the priest asking him if he renounced Satan for his Last Rites, he responded,“Now, now my good man, this is no time to be making enemies.”