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TIL If we extract all the gold out of the ocean, there would be enough for everyone to have 9 pounds of gold

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mEMO TIL the real Wolf of Wall Street, Jordan Belfort, was cellmates with Tommy Chong of Cheech & Chong and credits him for much of his current good fortune
8aw6P TIL about James Hugh O'Neill, the chaplain for General Patton's Third Army in WW2, when Patton ordered him to pray for clear weather, and the weather subsequently cleared, he was awarded the Bronze Star on the spot by Patton
lDL1 TIL, Kim Jong Un’s older brother Kim Jong-nam , was caught sneaking into Japan to visit Tokyo Disneyland with a Dominican Republic passport using a Chinese alias, Pang Xiong, which means “fat bear” in Mandarin Chinese
a8VZM TIL Prince George Washington was the last viceroy of Siam (present day Thailand). He eventually rebelled against, his cousin, the King. The rebellion failed, and in an ironic twist he sought refuge with the British. He spoke English fluently, had 28 children, and died in 1885.
LbvV TIL the majority of states have official “ancient emblems"—several of which are fossils. An effort by an 8-year-old girl to give South Carolina its own official state fossil was thwarted however, because some lawmakers object to officially recognizing the woolly mammoth fossil on religious grounds.