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TIL that sharks are older than trees

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E1nd0 TIL of Carl Laemmle, who migrated to the US in 1884. He started one of the first movie theaters in Chicago, challenged Thomas Edison's monopoly on films, began advertising stars to increase their earnings, founded Universal and sponsored hundreds of Jews to emigrate from Nazi Germany to the US.
ADYWB TIL a kid once made a Counter Strike map modeled after of his high school and then got expelled
gMW5X TIL of the "World's Littlest Skyscraper" scam committed on Wichita Falls, Texas. The designer said the building would be 480 in height. Investors assumed it was 480 feet not 480 inches and soon realized they invested $200,000 in a 4 storey building. They lost in court and the builder kept the money.
mx8yo TIL that Pope Francis is an honorary member of the Harlem Globetrotters!
E09W TIL in Japan it is believed women have too warm of hands to be sushi chefs.