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TIL that female tarantulas can live over 30 years!
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TIL in 2007, India introduced a “zero rupee note” as a means of fighting political corruption. The notes are “paid” in protest by citizens to govt functionaries who solicit bribes in return for services which are supposed to be free
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TIL There was an (in)famous red light district in Boston. It was called: the Combat Zone.
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TIL that an annual supply of bottled water for a person who consumes 8 glasses a day would cost approximately $200; the same amount of tap water would cost approximately $0.33.
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TIL that at the premiere of Beethoven’s 9th, police had to break up the applause, as the amount he was receiving was considered inappropriate for a private citizen
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TIL: In 1998, American, British and Canadian air forces all failed to shoot down a rogue weather balloon from Canada. The balloon was 25 storeys high and as wide as several football pitches. Two CF-18 fighters fired more than 1,000 rounds into it off the coast of Newfoundland.