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TIL a man in Arizona stole a diamond worth 160,000$ and traded it for 20$ worth of weed.

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Ljxp TIL When season 3 of the show The West Wing was postponed due to 9/11, Aaron Sorkin spent the 3 week window writing & producing a special episode themed around terrorism. Due to its relevance and writing, it was the most awarded season in of any TV show that year.
pyn8 TIL the highest paid woman CEO in the US was born a male.
p85y8 TIL that having more lifeboats on the Titanic would not have saved more lives. In fact, taking into account the amount of time they had to launch and the amount of crew there were, it’s actually incredible that they managed to launch as many as they did.
GAJ1j TIL that in 1923, a jockey named Frank Hayes won a horse race at Belmont Park in New York despite dying mid-race. He suffered a heart attack but stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the finish line first. It was the only race he ever won, and the horse was named "Sweet Kiss." After the incid
WQPL TIL that 160 people were able to guess the number of jelly beans in a jar accurate to .1% when their answers were averaged. Out of 4510 beans, the average guess was 4514. The phenomena is known as wisdom of the crowd.