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TIL a man found a copy of the declaration of independence in an old picture frame he bought for $4 at a yard sale. It turned out to be a first print from the 4th July 1776. It later sold for $2.42 million, then $8.14 million.

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Darj TIL of a new suspect in the ‘Zodiac killer’ case. He was an editor for a counterculture newspaper in San Francisco, his voice has been ID’d by a 911 operator, and his full name appears in one of the ciphers; among several other pieces of circumstantial evidence.
BrBRL TIL of Konstantinos Koukidis, the Greek sentry on duty when the German Army reached the ancient Acropolis during their 1941 invasion. He was ordered to lower the Greek flag and raise the Nazi one but instead he lowered the Greek flag, wrapped himself in it, and jumped to his death from the rock.
ne0Wd TIL North Korea participated in its first World Expo as Kim Jong-Il visited China in 2010, when the North Korean pavillion was featured at Expo Shanghai. Kim Jong Il's rare trip to China prompted speculation that he was seeking help to rescue his country's economy
WWXA TIL When Britain changed the packaging for Tylenol to blister packs instead of bottles, suicide deaths from Tylenol overdoses declined by 43 percent. Anyone who wanted 50 pills would have to push out the pills one by one but pills in bottles can be easily dumped out and swallowed.
VB6xD TIL: Oreo was created in 1912 as an imitation of Hydrox. Oreo eventually surpassed Hydrox in popularity, which resulted in the Hydrox cookies being perceived by many as an imitation of Oreo, despite the opposite being the case