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TIL Ryan Reynolds caught his best friend of 25 years trying to sell delivery room photos of his new born daughter to the tabloids. Ryan said it was like a death because he knew that was the last time he would ever see or speak to his best friend ever again.

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oMW7 TIL in 2005, Wells Fargo started a program to educate black communities on building “generational wealth.” This program turned out to be a front for steering black people into predatory loans. WF paid damages, but not before 100s of houses were foreclosed.
7AXp TIL that there is a company that provides private flights for individuals who want to join the mile high club. For $425.00 you get a 1 hour flight, chocolate, champagne, a curtain and 1 VERY DISCREET PILOT
wLAG1 TIL that no prime minister has ever completed a full term in Pakistan.
P10QG TIL that 5 of the Top 10 wealthiest counties in the USA are MD/VA suburbs of Washington D.C. where the median income is roughly $134,000
X0GwR TIL about Sherman Copy of the Declaration of Independence, which seems to indicate John Adams copied an original from someone with the initials "T.P." , suggesting Thomas Paine may have had a hand in drafting the Declaration of Independence. Paine was the author of Common Sense.