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TIL that the Geneva Freeport, a warehouse complex in Geneva, houses approximately 1.2 million works of art with an estimated value of $100 billion, as well as gold bars and about 3 million bottles of wine. A small room that can hold multiple objects costs anywhere from $5,000 to $12,000 per month

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b9XGa TIL New Zealand has one day a year dedicated to drinking 9 Litres of beer in 12 hours.
XE1A8 TIL Beck Weathers was left for dead twice after falling into coma while climbing Everest. At some point, his body warmed up and he regained consciousness. Blind, numb and severly frostbitten, he stumbled 300yd into Camp IV. He was saved in the 2nd highest altitude helicopter rescue in history.
a8Eby TIL: Drowning is by far the most common cause of death for Hawaiian tourists, with the majority of those deaths happening while snorkeling.
OGX7 TIL the nonsense song that Rafiki sings to Simba in The Lion King is actually a common Swahili children’s song
WWDo TIL that after adjusting for inflation, U.S. presidents earn less salary now than any time in American history, at $400k per year. The highest was in 1909, when the POTUS earned approximately $1.9 million in 2012 dollars.