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TIL the precursor to Monopoly, “The Landlord’s Game”, was invented by a Quaker and tried to illustrate the problem with land speculation and promote a federal tax on property.

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yvJe TIL, on average, 5 people are killed by sharks every year while 11,000 sharks are killed by people every hour.
9mD6 TIL that two guys once wore hi-vis vests and got into a Coldplay concert unnoticed (among other places including a zoo)
lXva TIL American law used to require the mainstream media to be honest
l7pKa TIL that the Russian Soyuz rocket, which has been in service since 1963 and has a success rate of 98%, begins its ignition process by firing wooden sticks inside the combustion chamber. While not quite as simple, it's essentially huge wooden matches and it's extremely reliable.
Oopm1 TIL Volkswagen put out an electric car in 1984 called Golf citySTROMer. It had a range of 50 KM and a top speed of around 100 KM/h. Only 100 exemplars were ever produced until production ceased in 1985. Trivia: the word "strom" in German means "current".