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TIL a New Jersey billionaire moved to Florida which risked putting New Jersey in a state budget crisis because of the amount of money they were taxing him.

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WkPK4 TIL the most distant individual star ever observed is 𝟵 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 light years away from Earth. It's called 𝗜𝗰𝗮𝗿𝘂𝘀 and it was detected through 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴.
pYZR8 TIL Jack Ketch, Charles I's executioner, became so notorious for botched executions that his name became a synonym for death and he once wrote an apology letter for beheading someone so poorly.
e1Qk TIL that head injuries were so common on Pennyfarthing bicycles that riders would put their feet over the handlebar when going downhill so that they would be thrown off feet-first instead of head-first.
yQAgM TIL that in 1907, Alfredo Di Lilio invented the modern dish, Fettuccine Alfredo, to entice his pregnant wife.
bWGQ TIL the Spartans used cumbersome, impractical iron sticks as currency “so as to discourage the pursuit of wealth”