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TIL The Boston Tea Party destroyed an equivalent of $1.7million of tea in today's money.

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6EpMl TIL that one of the rarest fish in the world is the Devils Hole Pupfish. They are only found in Devils Hole a water filled cavern in Nevada and are critically endangered with only 136 fish left in the wild.
gloL TIL the world bench press record was 363lbs in 1916. Less than a century later, that record has tripled and now stands at over 1000lbs.
NXj7e TIL Sequoyah, an illiterate warrior of the Cherokee Nation, observed the "talking leaves" (writing) of the white man in 1813. He thought it was military advantage and created a syllabary for Cherokee from scratch in 1821. It caught on quickly and Cherokee literacy surpassed 90% just 9 years later.
PYdLV TIL it is a criminal offence in the United Kingdom to intentionally drive through a puddle and splash someone, which carries fines of up to £5000 (about US$6500)
x6EPg TIL: There is a real life "Death Note", where Japanese women wish how and why they want their spouse’s to die.