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TIL they tried to approve the sale of the Chicago Stock Exchange on December 2016 to a Chinese Consortium out of Chicago.

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gMLG7 TIL: in 2015, NYPD went on strike to show how important they were to the city and later studies showed the rates of crimes actually decreased
Oomda TIL that "Lawrence of Arabia" star Peter O'Toole was famous for his drunk shenanigans. During one epic drinking session with Oscar-winning actor Peter Finch, they tried to order drinks at a bar after closing time. The landlord refused to serve them - so they wrote out a cheque and bought the bar
p8EWA TIL that on January 14, 2005, the Cassini spacecraft landed the Hguyens probe on the surface of Saturn’s moon, Titan. It is the first probe to land on a surface in the outer solar system and remains the farthest any man-made spacecraft has landed.
PoGe TIL 70% of elite distance running races have been won by Kenyans from the Kalenjin community, who make up just 0.06% of the world’s population.
KXeG TIL all the gold ever mined would fit into 3.42 Olympic-sized swimming pools.