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TIL About a man named Heshen who was known as the most corrupt official in Chinese history. After his death in 1799, his personal wealth was valued at $270 billion, or 15 years of Qing government revenues

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6EwMQ TIL A woman was brought back to life with no ill effects 6 hours after her heart stopped beating
ner9r TIL about the Barbara Jordan, the first African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction, the first Southern African-American woman elected to the US House of Representatives, and the first African-American woman to be buried in the Texas State Cemetery.
kJ1RE TIL in 1989 actress Zsa Zsa Gabor slapped a Beverly Hills police office in the face during a traffic stop, was found guilty by a jury and eventually served 3 days in jail.
QJAQM TIL that Loofah sponges aren’t actually from a sea sponge but are from gourds and can be grown in gardens.
K1eQ TIL Nestle pays only $2.25 to bottle and sell a million liters of water