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TIL It's illegal in Florida to charge more to pay by credit card, but legal to offer a discount to pay by cash.

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XEA08 TIL Nestlé Only Pays $200 for 130 Million Gallons of Michigan Water.
PYwLG TIL Napoleon's penis was cut off in an autopsy shortly after his death in 1821. It was purchased by John K. Lattimer in 1977, and is still held in his family, who keep it as a private item. It was described as similar to a "piece of leather or a shriveled eel".
k8JW TIL The United States is close to being in the 30% of nations with the world’s most unequal distribution of wealth, which includes Haiti, Rwanda, Uganda, and South Africa.
8eaKb TIL about billionaire philanthropist Chuck Feeney, who has given away more than $8 billion and now lives in a rented apartment with a remaining balance of $2 million.
16OO TIL that, contrary to depictions in science fiction, the human body can briefly survive in outer space unprotected, and that the human skin doubles in size, more resembling a body builder than a balloon.