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TIL there is a punctuation mark that combines a question mark and a comma that was patented in 1992.

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8e0d8 TIL the most expensive fossil ever sold at auction is a mostly complete skeleton of a Stegosaurus known as Apex which sold for $44.6 million to billionaire Kenneth C. Griffin. It's the largest and most complete known Stegosaurus skeleton, with 254 bones preserved out of approximately 319.
XrP6 TIL If you earn more than US$21,000 a year, you are part of the richest 4% on the planet.
9wY5Q TIL in the US, courts ruled that under US Labor Law, disruption of property rights was "necessary in order to safeguard the right to collective bargaining." The right to a labor union and workers rights had some prerogative over certain aspects of property rights in relation to employer's property.
LbX9 TIL that John F. Kennedy’s grandmother not only outlived him, but was never told about her grandson’s assassination.
6WZQ TIL that the Dali Lama is not in fact a vegetarian, but a meat eater.