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TIL due to high import taxes, A PS4 in Brazil costs roughly $1850.

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5J7k TIL that there was a version of Saints Row IV that costs 1 million dollars which includes a Lamborghini Gallardo, plastic surgery, spy training and a trip to space.
oRZbW TIL about Nasal cycle, where one nostril has greater airflow than the other with periodic alternation between the nostrils.
8aOLG TIL there's only one type of toothpaste that actually rebuilds enamel and damage to teeth, as opposed to creating the environment for teeth to repair themselves. Using a chemical called NovaMin that was initially used in the 60s to quickly repair the bones of troops in battle.
PMWO TIL that in the 1970s, General Mills sued an economics professor for making a parody game called “Anti-Monopoly,” but the suit was thrown out because it was discovered that Monopoly was a ripoff of a board game first developed in 1903 called “The Landlord’s Game.”
4XPQb TIL that in 1987 a group in Mumbai, India pretending to be CBI officers (Indian FBI) advertised and conducted interviews claiming to be hiring "Intelligence and Security Officers". 26 people were hired, and then they were used to "raid" (rob) a jewelry store. The group was never caught.