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TIL that during the “Bailout” in 2008/09, the Federal Reserve lent out $16 TRILLION dollars directly to banks.

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xOg1 TIL in the movie “Fight Club” Tyler Durden was originally going to recite a workable recipe for home-made explosives as he does in the novel. But in the interest of public safety, the filmmakers decided to substitute fictional recipes for the real ones.
VM4dZ TIL in 1991, Escobar invited Maradona to play football with him in luxurious prison- La Catedral. It was followed up with a lavish party.
R7y4l TIL All grapes start out green. The white and red varieties start changing mid-summer.
rPmo TIL that Einstein’s brain was stolen and at one point was chopped into pieces and stored in a cider box under the thief’s beer cooler.
gNWX TIL a Chinese company, Ninebot Inc., made a knock off of the Segway. When Segway tried to sue them, Ninebot used the money they made from selling the knock offs to buy the company that originally made the Segway.