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TIL the rarest credit card in the world, the American Express Centurion card, is invitation only, has a $5k initiation fee, a $2.5k annual fee, no credit limit, and is made of titanium.

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rbad TIL fly swatters have holes because it doesn’t press an air current towards the fly, so he can’t feel it coming.
VMowQ TIL of Elizabeth of Russia. She received little education, no one wanted to marry her because her mother was a peasant, & her finacé was murdered. Regardless, when she became Empress of Russia she built the University of Moscow, the Winter Palace, & would pay the dowry of future brides.
RWG7 TIL that Shrapnel is named after its inventor, Henry Shrapnel.
yrXe TIL Police Squad, a critically acclaimed TV show was cancelled after just 6 episodes because “the viewer had to watch it in order to appreciate it.”
kZ54 TIL that some snipers are trained to control their breathing to the point that they train to shoot between heartbeats for increased accuracy