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TIL the combined wealth in the world is $360 trillion.

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axJA TIL that at one point, Blockbuster was growing so fast that it was opening a new store every 17 hours
wLWJM TIL that the 6th Dalai Lama rejected living as a monk, and instead spent his life womanizing, drinking, and writing love poems and songs
8eRQb TIL there are some reports of men experiencing flu-like symptoms post orgasm. This study published in 2016 analyzes the occurrence and cause of Post Orgasmic Illness Sydrome
k4W5 TIL Confucius has a known direct descendant - a great-great-(plus 74 more “great"s)-grandson - who advises the Chinese government.
E1OQ7 TIL Fang Xiaoru, who refused to serve the Emperor Yongle who usurped his nephew, was executed by 'waist severing' and wrote the character 'usurper' 12 times with his own blood after being cut in half.