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TIL Detroit has put in the most bids to host the olympics without ever hosting them

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DMjV TIL in 1602 The Dutch East India Company undertook the world’s first IPO and, therefore, became the first public company to issue stock.
E1dJW TIL that Nazi leader Hermann Göring once claimed "No enemy bomber can reach the Ruhr. If one reaches the Ruhr, my name is not Göring. You may call me Meyer.". This would later come back to haunt him as Allied bombers devastated Germany and citizens began to call him "Meyer".
X0ZO6 TIL that a stingray in an aquarium has either cloned herself or has been impregnated by a shark
0m0j TIL: The Hawaiian alphabet only has twelve letters: a,e,i,o,u,h,k,l,m,n,p,w
awNw9 TIL Chris Pine, Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth share not only their names but also have had the same stunt double Bobby Holland Hanton.