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TIL Colorado made so much tax revenue from Marijuana in 2015 that the state had a tax holiday and removed all Marijuana related tax for one day

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YpOOx TIL the only place France borders the Netherlands is in... the Caribbean. The island of Saint Martin is divided between French Saint-Martin and Dutch Sint Maarten.
8ay1Z TIL when Ella Fitzgerald couldn’t get booked by clubs and TV because she was black, Marilyn Monroe offered to come to a nightclub every night and sit in the front row if they let Ella sing.
GB1g TIL A man called Sir Grahame Donald fell out of a Sopwith Camel while doing a loop and then landed back onto his plane wing, climbed back aboard and regained control.
8eb9P TIL that Norway once knighted a penguin. Sir Nils Olav, a king penguin, serves as the official mascot and colonel-in-chief of the Norwegian King’s Guard. He has been promoted several times and even inspected the troops!
bpO7 TIL, before the company was seized by federal regulators in 2008, the final CEO of Washington Mutual made $19 million at the position. His tenure was less than three weeks.