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TIL there are 210 more billionaires than there was three years ago

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bOV9 TIL that Mount Everest is completely blanketed in 3G network coverage and has been since 2010. All the way to the summit.
YpeGZ TIL each year U of Chicago students embark on a scavenger hunt. The 1999 list included a French Canadian, Fisher Price Baby's First Flamethrower, 5 Mensa membership cards and a nuclear reactor. Justin Kasper and Fred Niell built a plutonium-producing reactor in a single day to get 2nd place
QNnm9 TIL that the Edmond post office shooting inspired the term Going Postal, and is the single most deadly act of workplace violence in US history.
dbBB TIL that in Germany you can rent a jew (for educational purposes)
dnj TIL that a Roman merchant who sold fake jewels was sentenced to face a lion in the arena. When the gate finally opened, a chicken walked out. Emperor Gallienus proclaimed “He practiced deceit and then had it practiced on him.”