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TIL that in 2008 an app called "I Am Rich" was released for a day. It had absolutely no purpose, cost $999.99, and eight people bought it just to show that they could afford it.

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0wxAA TIL Hitler only ate "chocolate bars and biscuits" during the gala dinner he had May 4th, 1938 in Rome, when he was guest of the King of Italy.
xRaB TIL that a fan theory, that predicted Don Draper would be revealed as the famous Air Pirate D.B. Cooper, gained enough traction that Mad Men series creator Matthew Weiner went on CNN to debunk it
R5Lg6 Today I learned the Seikan Tunnel connecting the Japanese islands of Honshu and Hokkaido is the world’s longest undersea tunnel with a total length of 53.8k/33.5mi and is only utilized for rail service.
Xnrj TIL Elephants killed 605 people in Assam b/w 1994-2006. In South Africa, 3 elephants killed 63 rhinos. Biologists think increased elephant aggression is the result of species-wide trauma from poaching & habitat loss, and direct trauma for those who saw family members murdered before their eyes.
4kD4R TIL Hugo Junkers, the founder of Junkers Aircraft and Motor Works that manufactured many of Germany's WWII bombers, opposed German re-armament. The Nazis seized his patents and company, threatened him with treason, and placed him under house arrest.