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TIL Colorado projects $578.1 million in marijuana sales.

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P1eyO TIL a Dutch pirate captured the Spanish treasure fleet sailing from the New World in 1628. The loss of silver alone was so great that the silver price spiked worldwide, and Spain was nearly bankrupted.
NZn1 TIL Australia has compulsory voting. In the 2010 Tasmanian state election, 6,000 people were fined $26 for not voting.
pYrGA TIL wasps can be trained to detect bombs.
78NYX TIL “wandering star” is another name for the planets visible to the naked eye because they “wander” across the sky relative to the fixed backdrop of stars
Wk5Lo TIL When on tour, Queen would play their own version of Scrabble they called "Death Scrabble". They would have intense games through the night till morning.The highest single word laid down was by Brian, with the word Lacquers, worth 168 points. Freddie never forgave him for that.