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TIL that PayPal had accidentally added $92 quadrillion to a man’s account. (that’s 1,300 times greater than the world’s annual GDP!)

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5YvBn TIL about The Breast Tax which was a tax imposed on the lower caste and untouchable Hindu women by the Kingdom of Tranvancore (in present-day Kerala state of India) if they wanted to cover their breasts in public, until 1924.
J78Q TIL: Until recently rabies had a 100% kill rate making it one of the deadliest viruses.
e0Pg TIL there is a Son of Sam law designed to keep criminals from profiting from the publicity of their crimes, and first used against the serial killer David Berkowitz
4keyR TIL Steve Jobs frequently ate at a restaurant his biological father owned. The owner and Jobs didn’t know they were father and son.
neDNo TIL Alice Coachmen was the first black woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games in the high jump competition. She was also the first African-American woman selected to the US Olympic Team.