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TIL Mexico built a big fence on their Southern border with Guatamala to keep smugglers and contraband out

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rPBM TIL of Chuck Feeney, an Irish-American buisinessman once worth about 8 billion dollars, who has given away so much of his money that he now lives with the remaining 2 million dollar nest egg
no5d TIL That Monty Python and the Holy Grail was funded by Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Elton John and Chrysalis Records, who were all looking for ways of creating tax losses.
GAlRQ TIL the light we see from The Sun is technically more than 8 minutes old. Technically, because some stars are so far away and light only travels so fast, we are seeing light that is millions/billions of years old.
X7gR TIL the classic clown was originally a parody of stereotypical Irish immigrants, with “bushy red hair, large, red nose, and colorful clothes” made up of patches as a representation of poverty.
ZdXp TIL Volvo once made a concept car that was especially designed for women. It’s hood had no bonnet that could open up, and its tires were made so that it could run on a flat tire so as to spare ladies from having to change tire by the side of the road