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TIL Oil is cheaper than water in Venezuela.

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kOBmg TIL that the most expensive school in the world is the Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland. It costs $87,000 in tuition fees. The school has 400 students enrolled with 150 teachers.
GxG4 TIL Disney considered creating a park called “Shadowland” or “Dark Kingdom” dedicated to villains.
ANZEw TIL a New Jersey Councilman apparently urinated on a crowd of people in 2008
lo4P5 TIL: The Roman emperor Caligula loved his horse Incitatus so much that he tried to turn the horse into a senator. His plan for equine politics was cut short by his assassination. Many historians believe the stunt was to humiliate his fellow senators.
kL5e TIL that the company who created the Etch A Sketch was about to go bankrupt, right before they signed a deal with Pixar to have their product shown in Toy Story in 1995. The scene was only 12 seconds long, but it gave the company a 20% sales increase that saved the company.