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TIL that the ocean contains 352 quintillion gallons of water

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rNalo TIL: In 2013, after Zimbabwe finished paying the salaries of public workers, the government had only $217 in the entire country's bank balance due to decades of financial mismanagement and 231 million % inflation rate. The value equates to 1 .25 carat diamond.
XAX TIL “Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe…” originally had the n-word instead of tiger.
G4y5 TIL that in 1978, Charlie Chaplin’s body was stolen and held for ransom. His widow refused to pay ransom demands of £400,000 because “Charlie would have thought it ridiculous.” The body was found 11 weeks later.
8a7E4 TIL that cats aren’t actually “playing” with their prey. What they are actually doing, is tiring them out so that they can bite the preys nape (back of neck) without risk of being bitten or injured themselves.
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