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TIL that during Pablo Escobar’s “career” it is estimated that 80% of the cocaine entering the U.S. was supplied by him and Escobar was considered one of the richest men in the world during that time.

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4Jw TIL Helena Bonham Carter pays her psychotherapist-mother to read her scripts and deliver her analysis of the psychological motivation of the character Helena is to play.
dDa5Z TIL paper money was first used in China, during the Song Dynasty (AD 960-1279)
ADQYd TIL that red-haired people were considered poisonous in the middle ages. People planned to melt the fat from them and use it as poison.
QN9pk TIL that in 2015, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) decided to allow the first limited black bear hunt in the state since the 1990s. However, the hunt was ended abruptly when hunters killed 295 bears out of the 320-bear limit in just 2 days.
BnNd TIL that 3AM is when most Americans are sleeping (95.1%). Conversely, 6PM is when most Americans are awake (97.5%).