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TIL in Iran, opium is cheaper than beer.

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LQoaZ TIL the first hedge fund was created in 1949 and earned 44% more than the best-competing equity funds leading to a huge influx of new hedge funds 1966
jo7a TIL in 1942, 25 US marines landed on Japanese territory to survey an airfield. After being surrounded by the Japanese, they held a defensive perimeter for 9 hours before being overrun. Eventually, the only surviving marine swam through 4 miles of shark-infested waters to return to Allied lines.
8aKyZ TIL The moon is shaped like an egg: it only looks round because the big end points toward Earth
aEjL TIL that a United States Senator once interrupted a NATO debate on nuclear weapons to complain about a tariff on chickens.
6ZVQ TIL a bacteriologist killed 90% of all wild rabbits in France in the span of 2 years when he gave a disease called Myxomatosis to 2 rabbits in his backyard.