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TIL 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado cost $45 million to construct in 2006, never turned a profit in its 17 years of operation and is set to be torn down in early to mid 2024.

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OGx0e TIL that the Mawangdui Silk Texts, discovered in a tomb in China, are ancient manuscripts from the 2nd century BCE. They contain early Taoist texts, medical theories, and the earliest known maps, all written on silk.
W70ad TIL a “Yellow Bellied Sapsucker” is a woodpecker not a western insult.
J4Ov TIL that Bob Marley’s last words to his son Ziggy were “Money can’t buy life”
R5vp4 TIL That the voice of Mort Goldman from Family Guy was one of the Jerky Boys from back in the 90s
lwG1 TIL that Japan had a monster-collecting card game in the Edo Period (1603-1868)