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TIL that out of the 12 high profile BP whistle-blowers, 9 are mysteriously dead, 1 nearly died in a brutal assassination attempt, 1 is imprisoned under questionable charges, and another has simply disappeared

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kbD1 TIL that in 2016, two recreational divers in Israel stumbled upon a Roman shipwreck filled with bronze statues and coins featuring Constantine the Great. Estimated to be 1,600 years old, archaeologists called the discovery ‘The Biggest Find in 30 Years’
LQ0jP TIL the Mexican drug cartel were one of the biggest buyers of fine art until the government cracked down and forced them out of anonymity
wLDvJ TIL that after the pandemic began, many investors purchased the wrong Zoom stock, getting shares in a defunct Chinese hardware company, instead of the calling app, Zoom Video Communications. This meant that the wrong Zoom stock price soared by 1800% before the SEC stepped in.
KVnw TIL in 1996, future pop singer James Blunt, then a British Army Officer deployed to Kosovo, was ordered by the NATO Supreme Allied Commander to forcibly take an airport occupied by Russian troops, but he refused, saying he was, “not going to start the Third World War.”
5YEWr TIL that Modica Market, the grocery store Jim Carey shops at in The Truman Show, is a real store in Seaside, FL. Store owner Charlie Modica, seen stocking shelves in the movie, said, “I’m 20 years older, 30 pounds heavier and my hair’s turned gray on me. Otherwise, not much has changed.”