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TIL AOL Time Warner lost $98.7 billion in 2002, still the worst annual loss in corporate history

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vPy68 TIL in 2011, a 29-year-old Australian bartender found an ATM glitch that allowed him to withdraw way beyond his balance. In a bender that lasted four-and-half months, he managed to spend around $1.6 million of the bank’s money.
Yp9JP TIL that Mount Saint Elias lies on the border of Alaska and Yukon and it's the second highest mountain in both the USA and Canada because only Denali is higher in the US and only Mount Logan is higher in Canada
neNbG TIL an 18-month-old German Shepherd named Luna fell off a boat in the Pacific Ocean, swam 2 miles to a nearby island, and survived for 5 weeks by eating mice before she was rescued by a team of Navy staffers. She was found to be slightly under-nourished, but in perfect condition otherwise.
9YdZB TIL There are no pain receptors in the brain itself. Surgery can be done on the brain and technically the brain does not feel that pain. But the meninges (coverings around the brain), periosteum (coverings on the bones), and the scalp all have pain receptors and this is why you have migraines.
0wGmp Plastic cigarette wrapper found inside a jellyfish.