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TIL J.K. Rowling was the first ever person to become a billionaire (in US dollars) by writing books

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E1j87 TIL the original Mortal Kombat soundtrack was created by Lords of Acid, only under a different band name.
78akX TIL: The jumping ant, or Harpegnathos saltator, lives in small colonies and when the queen dies, fighting erupts among workers, until a few prevail and become replacement queens, called gamergates.
w471 TIL that there exists areas where self-sustaining nuclear fission has occurred naturally, essentially a natural “nuclear reactor”
1aaPr TIL after the India-Pakistan partition in August 1947, the Reserve Bank of India served as the Central Bank of Pakistan till June 1948
GAAkJ TIL the graphic design of Swiss 2 franc coin has not been updated for 148 years. Other than datestamp, the 2022 coins look identical to 1874 coins.