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TIL that in full retirement at age 63, Rockefeller earned over $58 million in investments in 1902.

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e7mg TIL that the term “Just Joshing you” is in reference to Josh Tatum, a man who, in 1883 took newly minted nickels and plated them with fake gold to make them appear as a new $5.00 coin. He would then buy items that cost about a nickel, and receive $4.95 in change, gathering quite a fortune.
aPMA TIL Scientists developed a brain-computer interface that allow paralyzed patients to surf the web with just their thoughts
BKvL TIL that in China, a total of 55 crimes are punishable by death. Included in the list is everything from treason, robbery, rape, and cowardice.
XyBP TIL Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas celebrate Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s birthday the same day as Martin Luther King Jr Day
Gv45 TIL that in 2007 an execution by lethal injection took so long that the condemend was given a bathroom break.