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TIL that the most expensive Pokemon card is a “Pikachu Illustrator”, only 6 of these cards were produced and each was given to a group of Japanese children who won a drawing competition in 1997. They sell for around $20, 000.

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R70a6 TIL that on 21 October 1966, a coal mining spoil heap liquefied due to having been placed on top of a mountain spring, and collapsed onto the town of Aberfan, Wales, burying houses and the Pantglas primary school, resulting in the deaths of 116 children, 5 teachers, and 23 residents of the town
jlmp TIL Stephen King has written a children’s book using a pseudonym and reviewed it as himself.
4XA1N TIL that George Washington was born on February 11th, but when his birthday first became a holiday it was celebrated on February 22nd. This is because when Washington was born, British colonies were still using the Julian calendar, which was 11 days behind the Gregorian.
kOe1 TIL Pornhub is the 69th most visited website in the world.
a86V0 TIL of the Accademia Vivarium Novum, a college in Rome and the only one in the world where ancient Latin and Greek are spoken exclusively and regularly both in and out of the classroom