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TIL the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World only existed simultaneously for a period of less than 60 years.

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4k6bo TIL in 1831 the Swedish Navy planted over 300,000 oak trees with the intention of harvesting them for ships 150 years later. They remain unharvested today.
PxjZ TIL after Dave Chappelle walked out on his enormously popular sketch show in the middle of producing Season 3, he told Comedy Central that the only way he would resume production would be to donate half of the proceeds of future DVD sales to charity. The network did not take the deal.
lmr1 TIL that in ‘53, Coca Cola attempted to boost vending machine profits by asking the US Treasury to mint a 7.5 cent coin; that failing, they then briefly implemented “official blanks” where 1 in every 9 vended bottles would be empty
Yald TIL that 3 guys tried to sell Coca-Cola’s secrets to Pepsi, and Pepsi contacted the FBI.
VBR0Z TIL: after rejecting a scholarship offer to Harvard at age 16 in 1931, Orson Welles travelled to Europe. While in Dublin, he walked into a theatre and claimed he was a broadway star. The manager, impressed by his audition and brashness, gave him work, and that same year, Welles made his stage debut.