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TIL The bottom 5% of the population in USA is richer than 68% of the world population

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V46Q TIL that while at the University of Pennsylvania, Elon Musk bought a 10-bedroom fraternity house and converted it to a nightclub
0wmLv TIL a standard NASA space suit costs a staggering 12 million $. It is capable of protecting the astronaut from temperatures ranging from −156 °C (−249 °F) to 121 °C (250 °F).
VMx9D TIL Confederate spy Rose O'Neal Greenhow drowned when weighed down by $2,000 of gold hidden in her underclothes
Qn1k TIL that the water in a disused quarry had to be dyed black because people were swimming in the ‘lagoon’ despite the pH of the water being 11.3.
b96xj TIL Carrie Fisher used gaffer's tape to hold down her breasts because George Lucas 'didn't want her looking too aggressively feminine'. Carrie Fisher joked about it saying: 'No breasts bounce in space, no jiggling in the Empire'.