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TIL that a blackout-drunk trader managed to buy $.5 billion in oil futures, causing the price of oil to spike.

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m9Yv TIL that Victor Hugo slept with so many prostitutes that on the day he died, all the brothels in Paris closed to mourn.
Ll0 TIL there is Play-doh Cologne.
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