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TIL Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn's daughter Kevin was kidnapped from her home in 1993 with a $2.5 million ransom requested for her return. Instead of reporting the crime, Wynn quickly arranged delivery of $1.4 million in cash from the vault of the Mirage. She was returned unharmed.

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KOM8a TIL chickens are great at reducing the tick population in a given area. Scientists estimate that a single chicken can eat 22113 ticks in a single season
9Yxv7 TIL In 2012 a scientific study predicted a 39 inch rise in sea level along the North Carolina coast over the next century. In response, North Carolina lawmakers passed a law banning the use of scientific predictions of sea level rise when considering new developments along the coast.
jjMv TIL the best paid sportsman of all-time was the Roman charioteer Gaius Appuleius Diocles. Before retiring in 146 AD, Diocles had won 1,462 races, resulting in winning over 35,863,120 sesterces in prize-money. By today’s standards, that last figure would cash out to about $15 billion.
YkQv TIL Rifle’s are rarely used in murders compared to other weapons. In 2011, over twice as many people were murdered with bare hands and over 5 times as many people were murdered with knives compared to rifles of any type
xVAR5 TIL prior to China being unified as an empire in 221 BC, there was the Warring States period, in which 7 independent states were in a more or less permanent state of war for about 250 years.