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TIL the IRS cannot cash single checks (including cashier's checks) for $100 million dollars or more.

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GYw0J TIL Bobby Fischer invented the Fischer clock, the standard chess clock in major tournaments. It was even used in his match against Spassky in 1992. Fischer later complained he was cheated out of the royalties.
X06Xj TIL the Old London Bridge was crowded with houses and shops, some of them reaching up to 6 storeys in height.
m1d7Y Today I Learned that the Disney Corporation has a registered tartan for the MacDuck Clan, which can be found by searching the Scottish Register of Tartans
KOan4 TIL Charlie Chaplin's widow, Oona O'Neill, became the victim of a extortion plot when his coffin was stolen from his grave by two unemployed mechanics who demanded a ransom. Two months later the coffin was found, and reinterred, and O'Neill was buried next to him upon her death.
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