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TIL that the Apple stocks icon represents the point where Apple's share value overtook Dell's

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mxZyR TIL two conniving brothers sold a counterfeit Goya painting for €1,500,000 just to find out all the money was fake, too
MeGv0 TIL about the baltic sea anomaly. An object with unusual features of seemingly non-natural origin, prompting speculation published in tabloid newspapers that the object was a sunken UFO. A consensus of experts and scientists say that the image most likely shows a natural geological formation.
J1vV TIL - Josh Wolf served 226 days in prison, longer than any other journalist in U.S. history has served for protecting source materials.
8a8AK TIL that the St. Patrick's Day tradition of dyeing the Chicago river green arose by accident when a group of plumbers used green dye to trace illegal substances that were polluting the river. The dyeing of the river is still sponsored by the local plumbers union.
KYNoB Today I Learned that Einstein never received a nobel prize for his work on relativity