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TIL of Assumable Mortgages: A buyer can take over the mortgage (and its locked-in interest rate if applicable)

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Yn0P TIL L. Ron Hubbard’s book “Battlefield Earth” stayed on bestseller lists despite being critically panned because The Church of Scientology had members purchase thousands of copies, some going so far as to repeatedly buy the same copies
b9eEN TIL: There is a species of jellyfish whose sting inflicts the victim with an impending sense of doom. The sensatation of constant imminent dread is reportedly so severe, patients beg their doctors to kill them to end it.
KOJeJ TIL In 2008, Mike Schultz, a pro snowmobile racer, had his left leg amputated above the knee. Seven months later, he was zooming around on a dirt bike wearing a prosthetic leg that he designed and built himself. X Games 8x gold medalist motocross snowcross and Gold Silver paralympic Snowboarding.
9rKm TIL Dr Pepper is the oldest soda that’s still selling in the US, and is a year older than Coke
MJoW TIL more than 300 people died in a supermarket fire because the owners shut the doors in order to prevent people from fleeing with merchandise without paying for it.