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TIL there is a company that sells ridiculously expensive mobile phones with the cheapest being about $9000

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x6APB TIL: North Korea had a covert cargo ship named the Chong Chon Gang, which was a front to conduct illicit activities around the world such as smuggling. It was chased by pirates in 2009, detained by Ukraine and Egypt in 2010, and seized by Panama in 2013. The NK gov paid $700k to release it.
d8Zjd TIL King Gillette, who founded Gillette razors, believed that everyone in the US should live in a giant city called Metropolis powered by Niagara Falls.
Pbnn TIL Kurt Gödel died of starvation when his wife was hospitalized. Gödel suffered from extreme paranoia and refused to eat food prepared by anyone else.
APKa TIL a castaway drifted for 13 months across the Pacific Ocean, claiming that he had been living off fish and turtles he had caught and relying on rainwater, and sometimes his own urine, to drink. His boat was found covered in barnacles and with the carcasses of several turtles littering the deck.
bnRN TIL During the Cold War, America was inspired to build a more efficient interstate system as a way to provide a speedy evacuation route in the event of nuclear war.