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TIL there is an Android app called Got Cash? that costs £100 or $200 that doesn’t do anything except show that you can afford it.

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NXPXM TIL about Whittaker Chambers, a Soviet spy with a limited knowledge of Austrian German who is responsible for the popularization and an inaccurate English translation of Bambi.
Yp6xZ TIL that the author that gave us "It was a dark and stormy night" also gave us "the almighty dollar" and "the pen is mightier than the sword".
XJ4D TIL that people in Rome who wanted to kill themselves could apply to the Senate, and if their reasons were judged sound they were then given hemlock for free
VMNxQ TIL there is a field of study called zoomusicaology, that studies how animals produce and respond to music.
6EjpQ TIL there's an annual competition in Cumbria, England for the title of "World's Biggest Liar." Only one woman has won in the history of the contest and politicians are not allowed to enter.