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TIL during OJ Simpson’s verdict announcement trading on the New York Stock Exchange dropped 41% and that so much work stopped across the world to watch, an estimated $480 million was lost in productivity.

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pNM4 TIL that in a study of domestic violence victims, 40.2% of men who contacted local agencies for help were accused of being the batterer.
WJ8L TIL that astronomers have discovered 26 new black holes in the Andromeda galaxy, which neighbors Earth’s Milky Way galaxy.The group of 26 is the largest trove discovered at one time in a galaxy other than the Milky Way.
E8ko TIL Saddam Hussein, former dictator of Iraq, wrote a romance novel.
OBjL TIL that there is a drug that actually causes the body to burn fat and release the energy as heat. It’s so effective that it actually causes overheating of the body, and side effects of this could include cataracts, because parts of the eyes are extremely sensitive to heat.
RBra TIL that the founder of eSnipe, a website that places bids for eBay users during the last seconds of an auction, placed the site for sale in December 2000. The auction was won by an eSnipe user - using eSnipe to place the winning bid.