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TIL that in 1799 Aaron Burr raised $2mil to provide drinking water to Manhattan. He used $1.9mil of that to found a bank instead, and the water he did provide was often contaminated. NYC did not have a clean water source until 1842. The bank he founded is now known as JPMorgan Chase.

loXGA TIL there is a subgenre of erotic literature that involves sexual encounters between humans and dinosaurs. Works include titles such as Taken by the T-Rex, Ravished by Triceratops and A Billionaire Dinosaur Forced Me Gay.
ab4b TIL The “couple” in the famous V-J Day in Times Square photo were actually complete strangers, the sailor was drunk and grabbed the nurse who didn’t see him approaching. She later said “That man was very strong. I wasn’t kissing him. He was kissing me.”
yQOmJ TIL - When James Cameron asked about being married 5 times, he replied, “being attracted to strong independent women has the downside that they’re strong independent women – they inherently don’t need you!”
Oo676 TIL that when Sega was discontinuing the Dreamcast in 2001, Chairman Isao Okawa offered Microsoft their assets so that the Xbox could have backwards compatibility with Dreamcast games so the console could live on in some way. Okawa met with Bill Gates several times before negotiations fell through.
Wk8Ko TIL whales breach to remove parasites from their bodies. They carry a variety of external parasites that may cause itching and irritation to their skin.