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TIL New Jersey lost $140M in tax revenue after a hedge fund billionaire moved to Florida.

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x6On1 TIL that in 2002, Australia won its first-ever winter Olympic gold medal. It happened during the 1000m short track speed skating event, when over the course of the race all the competitors crashed, except for Australian Steven Bradbury.
NvYE TIL that Turk Edwards, an NFL player on the Washington Redskins, suffered a career ending injury during a coin toss.
9wlpp TIL in 2001, Disneyland tried to re-theme their aging "Submarine Voyage" attraction around Atlantis: The Lost Empire, but the movie flopped. They tried again with Treasure Planet, but that was a flop too. They finally succeeded with Finding Nemo in 2005.
Lklbm TIL a majority of the "snakes" from the snake pit scene in Indiana Jones aren't actually snakes. The film used a species of legless lizards known as the sheltopusik.
VBnd8 TIL in May, a small sailboat radioed for help after breaking a rudder and was shocked by the first responder—an 18th century merchant ship from the East India Company. The replica Götheborg gallantly towed them to safety.