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TIL the $614 billion bailout has been completely repaid and the US government has made over $50 billion profit from dividends and interest to date.

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VBdGZ TIL if a watermelon is beginning to foam it has a chance of exploding.
eBmb TIL King Jong-nam, Kim Jong Un’s older brother, was deported in 2001 trying to enter Japan to visit Disneyland on a fake Dominican passport, falling out of his father’s favor as the next leader
wRnM TIL Franz Ferdinand was not allowed to be seen in public with his wife unless he was acting in a military capacity. Because of this he decided to inspect the army in 1914 so he could be seen in an open carriage with his wife in public, leading to his assassination and WWI.
GAVmE TIL there is a Spanish version of the TV show “Cheers”
lJy7 TIL that over 50 WWE wrestlers that competed in 1990s are now dead