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TIL Tony Stark owns Area 51 in the Marvel comics.

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DZxr TIL A study at UT Austin determined that accepting a job below one’s skill level can adversely affect future employment prospects
xB5k TIL the price of a single day ticket to Disneyland has more than doubled in the last 10 years
oppA TIL the stock deal which took place at the end of Trading Places was legal until 2010. It was outlawed under the Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act, also known as “The Eddie Murphy Act”.
R7nD8 TIL that the 17th century Ottoman Sultan Murad VI made the consumption of coffee a capital offense. In addition to closing Istanbul’s many coffeehouses, he would disguise himself as a commoner and stalk the streets of Istanbul with his executioner, beheading any coffee-drinkers that he caught.
Oo6Ze TIL China Runs A High Speed Train From Beijing, China to Lhasa, Tibet, about 1272 miles away, and passes through the highest elevation attained by any train in the world (16,600ft) requiring oxygen to be pumped into the specially built passenger cabins and with a doctor onboard every train