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TIL Augustus Caesar is estimated at having a net worth of $4.6 trillion because he “personally owned all of Egypt”

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6Aam TIL that Hugo Jaeger, one of Hitler’s personal photographers, took thousands of photographs, regularly in color film, during his time with the Fuhrer. He buried the photographs near Munich and didn’t show them to anyone until 1965, when he sold them to Life Magazine. In 2009 they were published.
rRmQ4 TIL During the Vietnam War the act of "Fragging" was when US troops would toss a grenade in their commanding officers tent; known and suspected fragging cases by explosives in Vietnam from 1969 to 1972 totaled nearly 900...
W6A8 TIL Punxsutawney Phil performs worse at predicting the weather by his shadow than he would by chance
XBo8 TIL: that Costco takes a loss of $40 million every year on their rotisserie chickens. By offering cheap hot-and-ready foods, as well as taking a loss on everyday items like milk, Costco exponentially increases foot traffic.
b9yOE TIL: Of the plight of actor Dudley Moore; amongst his most famous roles was that of the perpetually drunk "Arthur". His death was from a form of Parkinson's disease that in the early stages has a symptom of the sufferer appearing to be extremely intoxicated.