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TIL that there is an Online Store Accepts Talent As Payment

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NXb61 TIL: Astronomers didnt officially confirm the existence of planets outside our solar system until 1992
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Oo547 TIL: In 1855 the mayor of Los Angeles, Stephen Foster, convinced a mob to not kill an accused murderer, but to try him in a court of law. When the accused man was acquitted, the mayor resigned and led a lynch mob to kill the man. He was re-elected a year later.
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X5m6 TIL that a school needs to redeem 1,150 soup can labels for a single regulation sized basketball. Assuming you’re buying Chunky soup at $2.00 a can, Campbell’s is donating less than a half penny per label.