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TIL that in 2011 a tiny Spanish town on the brink of financial ruin bet on the world’s biggest lottery, and won.

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kJoeB TIL that television journalist Deborah Norville was notified by an eagle-eyed TV viewer that she had a lump on her neck and advised to see a doctor. That lump was a cancerous thyroid nodule which Norville needed surgery to remove.
60ow TIL that when Benjamin Franklin died in 1790, he willed the cities of Boston and Philadelphia $4,400 each, but with the stipulation that the money could not be spent for 200 years. By 1990 Boston’s trust was worth over $5 million.
KOgY6 TIL when The Fresh Prince of Bel Air was being developed Alfonso Ribiero told Will Smith that "Whatever this character is called, that's what you're going to be called for the rest of your life .. so call your character Will Smith". He was right as the show is still what Will is most recognized for
8awNZ TIL that Hitler considered that Islam was perfectly suited to the "Germanic" temperament and would have been more compatible to the Germans than Christianity.
VM488 TIL that in 2018, Judge Judy made $147 million, and she films her show 52 days a year. Thus, in 2018 she made ~$2.8 million a day when working.