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TIL that, decades before The Muppet Show, Jim Henson made a series of coffee commercials starring an extremely violent Kermit-like character.

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9wwKm TIL Waggoner Ranch, a 525,000 acre, 800 square mile ranch in North Texas, went up for sale for $725 million and sold for an undisclosed amount to billionaire Stan Kroenke in 2016, making it the largest sale amount ever offered for an American ranch.
gM5QL TIL that the Germans ALSO bombed England during WWI
RBEa TIL When Paypal was started they gave $20 to everyone that made an account, and $20 for every person they referred. This cost them 60-70 million dollars but they had 100,000 costumers in the month PayPal went online
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