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TIL the wealth of the .1% richest Americans has roughly quadrupled since 2000.

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ne9nb TIL there is a strong positive correlation between the number of films Nicolas Cage appeared in and the number people who drowned by falling into a swimming-pool between 1999 and 2009
BrgLd TIL in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, a central African country entered as Northern Rhodesia and left as Zambia becoming the first country to change its name and flag during the games.
YprxW TIL Mork and Mindy was a Happy Day’s spin-off
ADKo TIL there is a gas station in Minnesota that allows customers to pre-purchase bulk quantities of gasoline on the commodities market for a $1 membership fee, so instead of paying $4.00/gal, some customers are paying less than $1.00.
OZA1 TIL that one actor has played both Luke and Leia Skywalker, Aidan Barton. He is the son of editor Roger Barton and was Baby Luke and Leia in Episode III.