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TIL the cost to procure a drone for US Dept of the Interior ballooned from $2,600 in 2020 to $15,000 in 2023 (page 6)

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OvO7 TIL in 2002 a Croatian diver got lost in an underwater cave and stabbed himself in the chest to avoid the agony of drowning. It was the first case of someone committing suicide while diving.
GV9g TIL After Stephen Colbert called Windsor (Ontario) ‘the Earth’s rectum’ the CBC made a poll on their website asking if the description was good for the city and 85% said Yes.
rR6Pw TIL John Candys apperance in Home Alone was a favour and he only got paid $414 after working 23 hours straight, even the actor who played the pizza delivery boy got paid more
0y5M TIL Mila Kunis was 14 years old when she auditioned for “That 70’s Show”. She said she’d be 18 on her birthday, but never said which birthday
JYJQV TIL the words ebony, ivory, lily, and oasis originate from Egyptian through Greek and sometimes Latin