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TIL in Dante’s Inferno, bankers were placed in a lower rung of hell than murderers because Dante condemned excessive (>10%) of Interest on Loans.

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bPn9 TIL of “A Tool To Deceive And Slaughter,” a piece of modern art comprising a black box that continually attempts to auction itself on eBay.
BjxL TIL Roh Moo-hyun, President of South Korea from 2003 to 2008, killed himself in 2009 by jumping off a cliff. His left-wing party chose to delay the opening of parliament until the right-wing government of the time accepted responsibility for his suicide.
QNxbp TIL Batman's creator, Bob Kane, initially envisioned Batman with a red suit and a domino mask. His friend Bill Finger contributed the iconic black suit, the name Bruce Wayne, Gotham, The Joker, etc. In 1965 Kane denied Finger's claims that he created Batman, stating that it's fraudulent and untrue.
kORn5 TIL that as of 2020, 4.5 billion people are connected to and actively use the Internet.
9YbJr TIL about the Pokémon Snap Station at Blockbuster, where you could play through the first level and print the pictures you took.