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TIL Rosie O'Donnell hated the movie ‘Fight Club’ so much, she spoiled the ending on her talk show and urged viewers not to see it

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9wwKm TIL Waggoner Ranch, a 525,000 acre, 800 square mile ranch in North Texas, went up for sale for $725 million and sold for an undisclosed amount to billionaire Stan Kroenke in 2016, making it the largest sale amount ever offered for an American ranch.
4xQo TIL Nigerian scammers once sold a fake airport to a major international bank for $242 million, and the scam wasn’t discovered until 3 years after the fact.
rR6xe TIL that Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman are separated but no divorced due to how close they still are
0aVA TIL that Switzerland is unique in having enough nuclear fallout shelters to accommodate its entire population, should they ever be needed.
8eZV TIL That a “Sarajevo Rose” is a concrete scar caused by a mortar shell’s explosion that was later filled with red resin. They’re also disappearing because of regular replacement of asphalt :(