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TIL that Ailin Graef, a Second Life player, made millions of dollars selling real estate within the virtual world of the game. Her journey to success started with a single piece of land, leading her to expand her holdings and establish a virtual real estate company.

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5Y1Xk TIL that before Miguel de Cervantes wrote part one of Don Quixote at the age of 58, he lived in exile in Italy, fought in the battle of Lepanto where he lost the use of his left hand, was captured and ransomed by pirates, excommunicated by the church and was imprisoned for accounting irregularities.
d8DdZ TIL there is a "boiling river" in Peru where over 6 km of the river can reach temperatures as high as 86C/187F. The river is considered extremely remarkable due to the nearest volcanic system being more than 700 km away.
EP6w TIL J.D. Salinger saw more combat in World War II than almost any other American. He fought on D-Day (Utah Beach), in the Battle of the Bulge, the Battle of Hürtgen Forest, and was one of the first Americans to enter a liberated concentration camp at Dachau.
p8deb TIL about "lonely negatives," such as disgust, disheveled, inept and inert. These are words that, due to a prefix or suffix, appear as though they should have a positive root but none exists or it has vanished from usage.
JNEj TIL Thrasyllus of Mendes commented on Caligula saying he had “no more chance of becoming emperor than of riding a horse across the Bay of Baiae”. After he became emperor, Caligula constructed a temporary bridge across the Baiea using ships as pontoons and rode his horse across.