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TIL Will Ferrell was offered $29 million to star in Elf 2. He declined.

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RE66 TIL That the man who distributed the very first ransomware virus in 1989 was discovered, but never convicted, and now owns a butterfly conservatory in Upstate New York
Qka TIL The total weight of all ants combined is greater than the total weight of all humans combined
v9PD TIL that Henryk Siwiak was fatally shot on 9/11/2001 and because the deaths from the terror attacks are not included in the city’s official crime statistics, Siwiak’s death is the only homicide recorded in New York City on that date.
4kE5X TIL that the camera built into a Mac computer is engineered so that it can't activate without the camera indicator light also turning on.
J0xk TIL that when translated into modern English, The word Mortgage literally means “death pledge”. Mort - from the French meaning “Death” and Gage - from Old English meaning “Pledge”