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TIL coral reefs are worth $2.7 trillion annually

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JKjV TIL when Soviet Minister Molotov stated that the cluster bombs being dropped on Finland were actually food, the Finns began sarcastically calling the bombs “Molotov bread baskets,” which they responded to with their own “Molotov cocktails,” as “a drink to go with the food.”
pYa0N TIL a single Episcopal Church in New York City owns property and investment holdings valued at more than $10 Billion USD
p8A1A TIL When a 39-year old James Watson lectured at the Lindau Meeting in 1967, he was the second youngest Nobel Laureate to do so. The youngest, Rudolf Mößbauer, Nobel Laureate in Physics 1961, gave his first Lindau lecture at the unusually low age of 36
xVgn5 TIL the musical "A Chorus Line" is based on true stories from Broadway dancers, and the character of Sheila was based on, and originally played by, Kelly Bishop (Lorelai's mother from Gilmore Girls). Furthermore, the story Sheila tells in the play about her father cheating on her mother was true.
LQlpm TIL that when Kentucky Fried Chicken moved its headquarters to Tennessee, Colonel Sanders (who had sold KFC in 1964, but still had much influence) said "This ain't no goddam Tennessee Fried Chicken, no matter what some slick, silk-suited son-of-a-bitch says". The company soon moved back to Kentucky.