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TIL that the most expensive private school in the world is ‘Institut Le Rosey’, in which you’d have to pay $113,178 per year just to attend!

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oBkVo TIL that the Black Knight from Monty Python was based on a real person: Arrichion of Phigalia, a Greek wrestler who famously refused to give up during a particularly tough wrestling match. He died during the match, but still won because his opponent surrendered, not realizing he was dead.
6EWYX TIL that Gerald Ratner, ex-CEO of a budget jewelry chain, destroyed £500 million in company value with a single speech in which he called his products "total crap" and "cheaper than an M&S prawn sandwich but probably wouldn't last as long." Such gaffes are now known as "doing a Ratner."
j4rE TIL a bacteria, Paracoccus denitrificans, not only survived in an ultracentrifuge with high speeds corresponding to 403,627 g, but actually had robust cellular growth. Hyperaccelerations like this are found on very massive stars and the shockwaves of super novas.
yQwKl TIL Upon the Debut of Apple Maps, in Sept 2012, Users reported numerous errors such as redirecting UK user's searches of London to its smaller namesake London, Ontario , mislabelling a small Irish park as an airport & completely wiping out certain cities
4ke6b TIL that while moonshine is illegal nationally in the United States, there are four states where it is legal to create moonshine for personal use - Alaska, Arizona, Massachusetts, and Missouri.