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TIL Monopoly was originally intended to teach the player the broken nature of Capitalism

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5Y5Vr TIL that the half life of Bismuth is over a billion times the estimated age of the universe
rRLby TIL of the 1626 Wanggongchang explosion. A massive unexplained explosion in Beijing, killing 20,000 and estimated to be similar in power to that of the Hiroshima Bombing
XENwE TIL that Memorial Stadium at the University of Illinois has a bulldozer underneath the field. During construction of the stadium, torrential rains caused a bulldozer to sink into the mud. Being too expensive to remove, the bulldozer remains buried beneath the field as of this day
9Je6 TIL: An elderly lady who ordered pizza every day for 3 years missed her order 3 days in a row and was saved by a delivery woman
XdPX TIL the crew of the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station have an annual winter tradition where they watch all three versions of “The Thing”, a horror film about an alien lifeform that attacks researchers on an Antarctic base.