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TIL the 1982 World’s Fair in Knoxville turned a profit of only $57

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nej4Y TIL - An 8th grader tried to pay for her lunch with a 2 Dollar Bill that had been given to her by her grandmother. The police were called because the school thought it was fake, and investigated where the bill had been obtained. In the end, the bill was real.
OoxRa TIL the Renault 5 was designed by Michel Boué in his spare time, and when the Renault executives learned of Boué's work, they were so impressed that they approved it for formal development. However, Boué did not see the final product, having died of cancer several months before the 5's launch.
PYXGZ TIL that the sex of a sea turtle is determined by the temperature of the egg. Below 81.86°F the hatchling will be male, above 87.8°F the hatchling will be female
epNm5 TIL American-Iranian author F.Esfandiary, who identified as a "transhumanist" changed his name to FM-2030 to reflect his belief that he'd live to be 100 years old. He was convinced that by 2030, technology would make everyone ageless and immortal. He was the first person to be vitrified after death
4aEw [TIL] The film Schindler’s List was banned in Indonesia because it is a “Film that is sympathetic to the Jewish cause