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TIL: Gold has been worth more than platinum since late 2014.

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6ELQ7 TIL Orson Welles, out of work and in need of money in the late 70's resorted to appearing in and even directing tv ads for various products. In recent years a backstage video has resurfaced of a drunk Welles filming an ad for Paul Masson wines
ep5GE TIL academic freedom in the US impacts the entire world.
XExPD TIL about the boxer crab (Lybia tessellata), which carries poisonous sea anemones around in its claws as deadly weapons to punch its prey with.
OQgg TIL in a Playboy interview, John Wayne said “Our so-called stealing of this country from (Native Americans) was just a matter of survival. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.”
BD1D TIL that following “Dunk-a-roos” being discontinued in the United States in 2012, General Mills in 2016 encouraged Canadians traveling to the United States to bring the snack to Americans who wanted it in a campaign called “Smugglaroos”, as the product still remains in production in Canada