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TIL: Randy Quaid (National Lampoon’s Cousin Eddy) is a wanted felon

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040y TIL the most valuable legal tender coin in the world is a $1 million coin made in Australia. But being that it weighs 1,000kg and is 99.99% pure gold, it is worth almost $45 million
9YmOX TIL in 1999 when Christina Aguilera attended her boyfriend’s high school prom the DJ played her just-released single "Genie in a Bottle", but the students left the dance floor en masse out of jealousy.
R5bb6 TIL mammoths were still alive as recently as 3730 - 4490 years ago
Vek TIL that the main character in Black Hawk Down was convicted of raping a 12 year old and his name was changed on request from the Pentagon.
VMkoB TIL Malden Mills, Inventor of the Popular Polartec fleece fabric, burned down in a fire in 1995. Instead of taking the opportunity to save money and move operations, the owner kept paying all workers while they rebuilt. it cost the owner over $25 million.