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TIL that Goop, the wellness and lifestyle brand started by Gywneth Paltrow, sells a dildo made of 24 karat gold and stainless steel, at a price of $1,249 USD.

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ZpMna TIL during the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923, an entire train station, with its buildings, trains, and platforms, was swept into the ocean by a mudslide. 112 people were killed, plus an additional 200 people living in the vicinity.
6E0eY TIL the domain name ".tv" is actually the country code domain for Tuvalu, a country in Polynesia. Due to its popularity from its similarity to 'television', the Tuvalu government sought to capitalize on it and nearly 10% of its revenue comes from royalties from .tv addresses.
nK0b TIL J.K. Rowling is quoted as saying “I have met thousands of children now, and not even one time has a child come up to me and said, ‘Ms Rowling, I’m so glad I’ve read these books because now I want to be a witch” when her books were accused of satanic themes.
mKBp TIL that rabbits were first domesticated by French monks because they believed that newborn rabbits were fish and therefore their flesh could be eaten during Lent
NMk6 TIL there is an inmate in Britain who has single handedly shut down an entire prison facility, does up to 3,000 press ups a day as part of his daily workout, has bent cellar bars with his bare hands, and has arguably the gnarliest moustache I’ve seen.