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TIL Marijuana.com was one of the most expensive domain names to purchase. Selling for exactly 4.20 million dollars

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X0enE TIL Canadian country/pop singer Shania Twain is the only female artist in history to have three consecutive albums certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA); one of those albums - Come On Over - has been certified Double Diamond.
16V0O TIL Kurt Godel, famous for his incompleteness theorems, was terrified of being poisoned, and would only eat food prepared by his wife Adele. He died of malnutrition shortly after she was hospitalized.
AN7E4 TIL when the 1991 Doors biopic was in development, John Travolta was one of the top picks to play Jim Morrison. Singer Bebe Buell recalled how she witnessed Travolta’s “unofficial” audition, and called it “mindblowing” how Travolta channeled Jim. The role later went to Val Kilmer.
VMErQ TIL that rubbing an injury right after it happens alleviates pain because the spinal chord preferentially forwards pressure signals (to the brain) over pain signals
AD4lo TIL over 800 dinosaur species have been discovered since 2003.