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TIL Norway has a sovereign wealth fund to the value of over $1 Trillion USD which includes 1.3% of global stocks and shares, it is primarily funded by the profits of the Norwegian petroleum sector. In total the fund has a value of over $180,000 per Norwegian resident.

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pG6p TIL when the 28 year-old Richard Branson bought Necker Island in the 1970s, the asking price was $5 million. Branson successfully negotiated it down to $180,000. The island is worth upwards of $200 million today.
XEAWX TIL that Antarctica used to be called Australia until modern-day Australia stole its name in 1824, which left the continent nameless until its current name was adopted in the 1890s.
9YvxQ TIL Pink Floyd played a concert with no audience at the ampitheatre in Pompeii, Italy 1971 being the first performance to occur there since the eruption of mount Vesuvius in 79AD at the time of the ancient romans
dDN8Q TIL that a performance artist named Lucky Diamond Rich has held the Guinness World Record for “most tattooed person” since 2006. His body is completely covered in tattoos, including the insides of his eyelids, mouth, ears and foreskin.
gMX9y TIL: In 1997 500 Chinese locals dug a road into the mountains to retrieve the bodies of two US airmen found in their crashed B24 after a raid on Japan.