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TIL that the Powerball drawing on March 30, 2005, produced 110 2nd-prize winners. The total payout was $19.4 million, 89 of them receiving $100,000 each, while the other 21 received $500,000 each. All 110 winners had played numbers from fortune cookies made by Wonton Food Inc

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KYyQ9 TIL North Korea has a higher obesity rate than South Korea
DQ4Gv TIL in the 1600s, a gardener created the first English cabinet of curiosities, "The Ark," an international collection of seeds, bulbs, art, weapons, and other "curiosities," inside a large London house that became the first museum open to the public in England, the Musaeum Tradescantianum.
xVYrB TIL the last B-52's are projected to continue service until some time in the 2050's, meaning the plane will have been in service for almost 100 years.
4dwJ TIL that the word “utopia” literally means “not a place.”
ne6mP TIL Momus was sued by (sexually reassigned) Wendy Carlos for $22 million for Momus's song "Walter Carlos", which suggested that Wendy could timetravel back to marry her pre-surgery self, Walter. Momus's next album was crowdfunded sketches in the style of 'Walter Carlos', to pay the legal fees.