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TIL 69 is the only number whose square (4761) and cube (328509) use every decimal digit from 0–9 exactly once.

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1a7OP TIL that a company in England accidentally sent letters to some of their wealthy customers that began “Dear Rich Bastard” and one customer complained who did not receive the letter because he felt that his wealth warranted the “Rich Bastard” title
EgoXo TIL that Tommy Maddox left the NFL after five unsuccessful years as a QB, and became an insurance agent. Two years later, an arena football team asked him to play. Maddox sold his agency and accepted the offer. He eventually returned to the NFL and helped the Pittsburgh Steelers win Super Bowl XL.
VMga4 All of the World's yeast probably originated in China.
kJG0e TIL that during the wahabi movement the word wahabi was not used in its early days the early Wahabis called themselves either salafis sunni or muwahidun meaning oneness and they were and are influenced by hanbali school of thought
wod4J TIL the Constellation Aquila - which represents the bird that carries Zeus' thunderbolts - has had 10 Novas in the 100 years between 1899 and 1999