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TIL Seinfeld has a net worth of roughly $820,000,000. More than Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise combined.

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v1JQ7 TIL John Christie, serial killer and necrophile, murdered at least eight people, including his wife, by strangling them in his flat. As Christie was restrained before his execution, he complained to the hangman that his nose itched. The hangman replied, "It won't bother you for long."
dD9Lr TIL Despite being invaded by Axis forces during WWII, Egypt remained nominally neutral through most of the war before officially entering it in February of 1945.
rN7nw TIL that Greek combines letters to form letters that don't exist in the Greek alphabet
Y7RnP TIL: The writer of Ben-Hur was a Union General, a Governor, and an Ambassador. He even has a museum in his hometown in Indiana. Lew Wallace seemingly had a crazy and awesome life.
0O9v TIL that the woman who started the Mother’s Day tradition in the US was so opposed to its commercialization that she spent her whole inheritance and her remaining years of life protesting what the holiday had become