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TIL that a single Spongebob episode takes around 9-11 months to produce.

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x6nek TIL that when Nevada was in the process of becoming a U.S state, Governor James W. Nye became frustrated that previous attempts to send a copy of the state's constitution over land and sea had failed, and so decided to send a copy via telegraph at a cost of $4,303.27; equivalent to $86,514.04 today.
5k1r TIL that a Teri Horton, a bargain hunter, bought a $5 painting at a thrift shop. The painting was an original Jackson Pollock and is worth $50 Million.
QNBZe TIL that Scientologists advocate "silent birth," in which everyone attending a birth avoids speaking as much as possible, because "any words spoken can have an abberrative effect on the mother and child"
pYr88 TIL about Nova Scotia’s remote Sable Island. The Canadian Government has planted 70,000 trees on the 26 mile long sand bar and one has survived: a scrubby pine that is decorated for Christmas every year.
0EvL TIL that in 2007 a White couple was tortured/raped and murdered by a group of 5 Black Men. Media critics complained that the story was ignored by the national media because the victims were white and all five of the suspects were black.