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TIL Dry (related to wine) just means the opposite of sweet

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LrJd TIL Treasure hunter Forrest Fenn hid 1-3 million dollars in gold nuggets, coins and precious stones for others to find using clues left in a poem he wrote after being diagnosed with cancer. To this day, the treasure has not been found.
81R8 TIL when Emperor Justinian II was dethroned, his nose was cut off and he was sent to live in Crimea. 10 years later, he returned to Constantinople with an entire Bulgar army of 15,000 men to retake the throne. He beheaded the two Emperors that ruled while he was absent, now wearing a golden nose.
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