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TIL that drug lord Pablo Escobar had an estimated net worth of $30 billion by the early 1990s, equivalent to about $55 billion in 2016.

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gr97A TIL that Loma Linda, CA is one of the five "Blue Zones", or areas in which people tend to live to 100 years old. This is generally believed to be because many of the residents are Seventh Day Adventists, who eat mostly plant based diets, get a lot of exercise, and drink mostly water.
8GbG TIL that after a nuclear disaster in Japan in 1999, the operating company declined government funds and paid compensation itself based not on a legal liability but rather its moral responsibility.”
J1jY1 TIL about Ilha da Queimada Grande or Snake Island off the coast of Brazil. It is home to the critically endangered, venomous golden lancehead pit viper, one of the most dangerous snakes on Earth. Brazil has closed off the island to protect the snakes and the humans.
XEKgQ TIL biologists found that some dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico decapitate catfish before eating them in order to avoid injury from the catfish skull spines. Biologists studied a sampling of a half-kilometer trail of severed catfish heads bobbing in the wake of a dolphin pod.
OoGJY TIL in 1984, Steven Tyler, the vocalist for the band Aerosmith, heard an old Aerosmith song on the radio and didn't recognize it due to memory loss from years of drug use. He suggested the band record a cover of the song. Lead guitarist, Joe Perry told him "It's us, fuckhead."