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TIL of Amedeo Giannini, who made bank of America successful by making it accessibile to hard working low income class

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wogYJ TIL that a sunfish in a Japanese aquarium became so lonely after the aquarium closed to visitors for renovations that it stopped eating. Only after staff placed photos of people’s faces near its tank did the sunfish perk up and start eating again
JYrNl TIL that famous adult film star Ron Jeremy made a music video of Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" song, where he replicated every shot of the original video, and got pretty close.
567r TIL that legendary gambler Phil Ivey won over $9 million dollars playing baccarat with the help of a woman named Chen Yin Sun. Sun spent hundreds of hours memorizing flaws in the patterns on the back of the playing cards–aberrations along margins of the card backs, no wider than 1/32 of an inch.
JYgbV TIL 'Home Alone’ was released in France as ‘Mum, I Missed the Plane’, and ‘Home Alone 2’ as ‘Mum, I Missed the Plane Again and This Time I Am Lost in New York’
woVLM TIL of Ong's Hat; One of the earliest Internet-based secret history conspiracy theories