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TIL in 2016 a man named Joshua won an entire resort located on the Micronesian island of Kosrae in a raffle he paid $65 to enter. When he won it, the resort was free of debt, profitable and had more than 20 years remaining on its lease.

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8aPda TIL a mummified body of German man was found in yacht adrift off Philippines. He had reportedly been sailing the world on his yacht, Sayo, for the past 20 years. The corpse was found slumped at desk ‘like he was sleeping’ in cabin of vessel floating in the Pacific
ekwL TIL In 2000 Sony invented a movie critic by the name of David Manning and used his fictional quotes to promote movies. Sony ended up paying over $1.5m to moviegoers in a class action lawsuit and over $300,000 to the state of Connecticut where Manning supposedly worked at a small weekly paper.
M70pK TIL obelisking - a handstand-like position that some dragonflies and damselflies assume to prevent overheating on sunny days
M7gy7 TIL that “Children” by Robert Miles was written, in part, to help reduce car accident deaths after raves.
BRQb TIL that Listerine was invented in the nineteenth century as powerful surgical antiseptic.