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TIL the members of The British Royal Family aren’t allowed to play Monopoly because of how vicious the competition gets.

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W15d TIL If you pay a loan on a bi-weekly frequency of half the monthly amount ($250 twice a month instead of $500 once a month) you will pay off the loan faster and incur less interest over time.
VBj70 TIL in 2018 after a man bought a storage unit for $500 from 'Storage Wars' auctioneer Dan Dotson, he discovered a safe within it contained $7.5m in cash. When the original owners of the unit found out, they first offered him $600K to return the rest of the loot, but settled on giving him $1.2m.
Oompe TIL tarsiers can become suicidal. These animals are so sensitive that when they are touched or kept in captivity they hit their head against objects and are killed due to their thin skull.
5YQl8 TIL that Bill Gates kept a map of Africa on his garage wall so he could slowly memorize it between getting in and out of his car.
E1AlP TIL of rotationplasty, a surgical procedure that attaches the foot to the upper part of the leg backwards, to remove tumors near the knee joint and help patients with mobility and prosthetics.