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TIL there is Google service that allows you to run your own commercial on national TV for as little as $100

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EgRmP TIL: 20g of tea harvested from six ancient "Da Hong Pao" tea bushes on a mountain cliff auctioned for $28000 in 2002, making it one of the most expensive teas ever. Those six trees are now protected by the Chinese government from further harvest with the final harvest being in 2005.
LQ5dr TIL about Xu Xiaodong, a Chinese MMA fighter famous for challenging traditional martial artists who make fraudulent online claims about their abilities, which earned him fines and other punishments from the Chinese government.
9Yp7 TIL that in 2011, two Domino’s Pizza Store Managers were charged with arson after burning down a nearby Papa John’s in Southern Florida
d8o6Q TIL that the team behind The Sims had originally decided to leave same-sex relationships out of the game until a newbie on the team by the name of Patrick J. Barrett III coded all basic interactions of the game due to one of his senior team members being on vacation
6EN57 TIL that Mark Zuckerberg is actually only five foot seven inches tall, but he stages his photos to exaggerate his height.