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TIL, before the company was seized by federal regulators in 2008, the final CEO of Washington Mutual made $19 million at the position. His tenure was less than three weeks.

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mEWv TIL the scientific name of Llamas is ‘Lama Glama’
GALvE TIL in 2018 three illegally installed vending machines (that required an 8-inch hole to be dug & filled with concrete) were discovered in Long Island to be selling "crack pipes" disguised as pens for $2 each. The machines were originally tampon dispensers that had been ripped out of bathrooms.
kJ4kd TIL our pee has been very useful throughout history, being used for tanning hides, cleaning clothes, making gunpowder, and brushing teeth to make them whiter.
grgW TIL that after finding his wife was cheating on him, Peter the Great of Russia beheaded Willem Mons, put his head in a jar, and made his wife spend time with it every day.
X6P6 TIL there are myths of an advanced civilization of red haired people who disappeared after the last ice age (5,000+ years ago)