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TIL you can make $13,000 a year by selling your poop

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eQP5 TIL that the first alcohol-free bar in New Zealand went out of business five weeks after opening due to a lack of consumer interest.
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8eal4 TIL that Britain looted around 45 trillion dollars from India between 1765 and 1938, based on nearly two years of precise tax and trade data.
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