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TIL a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas. It sold for over $63,000

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nXO7 TIL during WWI, Romania decided to send its vast collection of treasure to Russia for safekeeping. In 1918, the new Soviet government cut all diplomatic ties and refused to return the treasure. Russia still holds the treasure valued at over $1.5 billion and has no intention of giving it back.
BrDgW TIL samurai took the heads of their enemies as proof of their kills. This practice was part of the Bushido code, with strict rules on maintaining and presenting the heads. Once presented, these kills were then recorded in the official 'Book of Heads'.
nW45B TIL there was a guy who was suspected to be Jack the Ripper, because his last words before he was hanged for an unrelated crime was ""I am Jack The...", but a modern biographer suggest that he might have been saying "I am ejaculating"
EgDdd TIL about the inscriptions of Ancient egyptian nomarch Ankhtifi, being proud about not starving his people while other nomes are starving. He also talked about giving a wife to those who did not have one.
wERW TIL that before Summer Glau met Joss Whedon and got cast in Firefly, she auditioned for Power Rangers