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TIl Australia and New Zealand have never had rabies

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ZeGv TIL that there was once a prehistoric species of guinea pig that was the size of a buffalo and had a bite that rivaled that of the modern tiger
AxEB TIL that between 1970 and 1980, 2 billionaire brothers attempted to corner the silver market. They owned an estimated 1/3rd of the world supply when in 1980 the silver price collapsed with 80%. The brothers lost over a billion dollars.
XWKk TIL The person with the oldest confirmed lifespan was born the year Alexander Graham Bell made the first sound transmission, and died the year Puff Daddy got a Billboard Hot 100 Number one with ‘Can’t nobody hold me down’
b9KbZ TIL that Hollywood tough guy Charles Bronson actually was an aerial gunner which conducted combat missions against the Japanese home islands. He flew 25 missions and received a Purple Heart for wounds received in battle.
bmwQ TIL Robert Downey Jr. thanked Burger King for getting him off drugs. In 2003, with a car full of drugs he had a burger that was so disgusting it made him rethink his life, and dump the drugs in the ocean.