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9YlwG TIL That in The Dark Knight, Heath Ledger wore a prosthetic covering his lower lip that would become unglued, which is how the famous mouth-licking was born.
LkvP0 TIL that the first public listed company, the Dutch East India Company is also the most valuable company in history. at it's peak, it was worth what is now $7.9 trillion. for comparison, Apple is worth $1.3 trillion.
KY9eB TIL that NYC’s drinking water contains tiny shrimp, making it technically not kosher
neZDW TIL that Uzbekistan and Liechtenstein are the only double-landlocked countries in the world. In order to get to the ocean from these countries you have to cross 2 national borders.
WO64 TIL A woman made great contributions to Egyptology after hitting her head as a toddler and claiming to have unlocked a past life as a priestess in Ancient Egypt.