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lGBK TIL At the time of death, Cornelius Vanderbilt was the world richest man and left an estate larger than the US treasury. When 120 of his descendents gathered in 1973, there was not a millionaire among them
bNpQ TIL Trailers were originally shown at the end of a film screening, but they were often ignored by audiences who left immediately after the film.
R7VB7 TIL of William of Orange, a war pigeon from British Intelligence service MI14. In 1944, he delivered a message which saved more than 2000 soldiers.
9wOlX TIL about Vermis, a guide for a video game that doesn't exist. Inspired by old dungeon crawlers and the Dark Souls games, the art book is "a pure act of world-building."
D1vBJ TIL that green beans are the unripe, young fruit of the same bean plant that gives us kidney beans.