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TIL: There's a $200 million abandoned village of 732 Disney-like castles in Turkey

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XEVaD TIL that karats measure the parts per 24 so 24 karat gold is considered 100% gold.
VMKxD TIL unclaimed property is the "fifth-largest revenue source" for the state of California
aw8By It might surprise you that some of the world’s deadliest animals save millions of human lives—one day they might even save yours. In this week’s Today I Learned, National Geographic Emerging Explorer Zoltan Takacs reveals how venomous creatures could be the future of pharmacology.
JxOk TIL that only 17 Americans in history have run a marathon in under 2:10:00. 32 members of the Kalenjin people accomplished that feat in October of 2011 alone.
wLGG6 TIL that Ford almost bought Ferrari in the early 60's, but Enzo Ferrari killed the deal when he learned he wouldn't oversee the racing division anymore. Henry Ford II was so pissed that he directed his engineers to build a car that would beat Ferrari at Le Mans, which it did from 1966–1969.