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TIL the city of Chicago sold all of its parking meters (for 75 years) to a consortium of Abu Dhabi investors for $1.15 billion in 2008. By 2023, the investors have broken even on their investment with a $500 million profit and 60 years left on the deal.

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YpAOx TIL of Iranian painter Mohamed Sciddel who was commissioned to paint murals in the main church in Uruapan, Michoacán and decided to live the rest of his life in Mexico to promote art in the region after being exiled from Iran following the 1979 revolution
BrGoy TIL the Soviet Union won 55 gold medals on its final appearance at the Olympics in 1988, and no country has won more than 50 golds in a single Olympics since then to the present
R7NZ9 TIL You don't have to swear on a bible when you enter office, you can swea on anything, you can even swear on Captain America's Shield
PYR5Z TIL it is not recommended to flush a scorpion down a toilet, as scorpions can survive being under the water hence they may come back out that same toilet or crawl up the drains and into your home
0jP5 TIL the woman who had prayer abolished in school, Madalyn O'Hair, was murdered along with her son and granddaughter.