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TIL that in the entire state of Wyoming, there are a total of two sets of escalators.

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xVWD1 TIL An estimated 92% of U.S. dollar bills contain traces of cocaine
Zp5mv TIL in 1989, 20 tonnes of cocaine and $10 million in cash were seized from a warehouse in L.A. At the time, it was the largest drug seizure ever at a single location and it was unguarded with the door secured by a single $6 padlock. In today's money, it'd be worth over $4.7 billion.
VG58 TIL iHeartRadio, the media conglomerate that owns most radio stations you know, ‘auditions and hires actors to call in to talk radio shows and pose as listeners … to provide shows … with planned content in the form of stories and opinions.’
e0AgE TIL that David Bowie did not suffer from heterochromia. Rather, he had a condition known as anisocoria, where one pupil is permanently more dilated than the other, as a result of a fistfight with a friend in his youth. That friend was George Underwood, his lifelong artistic partner.
VMMDk Is the fish's deadly rep justified?