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TIL that Tokyo Police were handed in nearly $30 million in lost cash in 2023.

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VMMAk TIL James Watson (DNA co-inventor), had to auction off his Nobel Prize Medal in 2014 due to poverty. A Russian billionaire bought it for $4.1M and returned it back to Watson stating, "a situation in which an outstanding scientist has to sell a medal recognising his achievements is unacceptable."
Y7v4x Today I learned about a place in New Zealand called TaumatawhakatangihangaKōauauoTamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu -This place holds the record for having the longest name of a place in the world, with a whopping 85 characters.
oeNr TIL the United States has the worst child abuse record in the industrialized world. Four times more Americans are killed by their parents than as soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
VQGQ TIL that in 1973, the Vanderbilts held a family reunion. Not one of the 120 decedents were millionaires at the time
VBl7m TIL about "That Time Barbie Actively Encouraged Starvation Dieting"