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TIL that during its last season, an episode of Friends cost as much to produce as an episode of Game of Throne (10 million dollars)

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a8DoM TIL In 1894, Cripple Creek, a gold rush town in Colorado, boasted 150 miners and over 300 prostitutes.
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4Wrb TIL that a survey in 2014 showed that 57% of Russians regret the collapse of the Soviet Union.
b9EVp TIL Disappointment Island is an uninhabited island in New Zealand. In 1868, a steel tanker crashed on the island which killed 68 people, leaving the 15 survivors waiting 18 months to be rescued. In 1907, another ship ended up crashing there and 12 men drowned.
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