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TIL rich people buy "luxury" ice cubes for $325.

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mxMyx TIL of “Cow Tools,” a cartoon described as the most loathed Far Side strip ever, that confused so many readers the newspaper’s phones didn’t stop ringing for two days. The author, Gary Larson, issued a press release explaining the joke after receiving hundreds of letters.
YneW TIL only 2 Americans currently play for the Boston Bruins
GYr7g TIL the Emperor Tamarin got its name for its resemblance to German emperor Wilhelm II
mxZJE TIL a protein in opossum serum completely neutralizes lethal plant, animal, and bacterial toxins, including ricin, snake venoms, and botulinum toxin.
1ap9D TIL: the case of Philip Clay, adopted as a child, deported as an adult; Clay ends up committing suicide. There are thousands of people like him, adoptees who did not know they were still not legally us citizens because their adoptive families never filled out the paperwork.