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TIL that the submarine resembling a Lotus Espirit, from the Bond film The Spy who Loved Me, went unclaimed for 10 years in a prepaid storage unit. When its lease ran out, a buyer bought the unit for less than $100, including the submarine. In 2013, the submarine was sold at auction for £550,000.

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awOL0 TIL the Hindu god Krishna had 16,000 junior wives (or 16,100 depending on the source), and would duplicate himself so he could spend the nights with all of them simultaneously
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