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TIL David Bowie has a spider named after him.

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0wwGM TIL someone lost a bitcoin wallet with 7,500 bitcoins by accidentally throwing out the wrong hard drive. Current value of those bitcoin is $55,125,000.
PY9pV TIL that in 1987 Steve Rothstein took advantage of the AAirpass (a promotion by American Airlines that let people pay a one time $250,000 and have a lifetime of unlimited flights) and quit his job so he could fly continuously. This ended up costing the airline more than 21 million.
ADoXa TIL the famous Cristal Champagne was made by Alexander II Tsar of Russia. He feared assassination so he ordered the bottles to be made clear instead of regular dark green so that he could see the bubbles and prevent an explosive being hidden inside.
gM9y TIL many silent actors succumbed to a condition known as “Klieg eyes” where their retinas were damaged due to the heavy lighting required by film stocks of the time
P1exG TIL because of tidal forces, the moon completes one revolution every 655 hours. So one "side" of the Moon is always facing the Earth, and the other "side" is always facing away from the Earth. On the surface of the Moon, you would experience 327.5 hours of sunlight and 327.5 hours of darkness.