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TIL Rapper Busta Rhymes voiced Reptar from Rugrats

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4XwJo TIL when American businesswoman and convicted felon Leona Helmsley died, her will left her Maltese dog, Trouble, a $12 million trust fund, whilst leaving two of her four grandchildren with nothing. This sum was subsequently reduced to $2 million as excessive to fulfill its purpose.
xZy0 TIL that in 2012, 400 Spanish soccer fans wanted to see their club play in the Europa League final held in Bucharest, Romania. By mistake, they chartered a plane to Budapest, Hungary.
Br06r TIL that it is impossible that a planet (On this case, planet Earth) can substain it's life if it's cut in half, exposing it's core to the vacuum of space. It would eventually do a lot of stuff, incluiding dissolving it's atmosphere and ending all life on it
1a8ar TIL that an autistic socially awkward day trader helped spark the 2010 flash crash of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, despite earning $70M over several years Navinder Singh Sarao continued living in his parents basement and his biggest purchase was a used Volkswagen for under $10,000.
DQN0p TIL how lethal American submarines were during WWII. They destroyed 55% of all Axis power warships lost over the course of the war.