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TIL that The Majority of Millennials Have $1,000 or Less in Savings

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QJG5k TIL The hands of 1932 World Yo-Yo Champion, Harvey Lowe, were insured for $150,000. He travelled through Europe and taught the Prince of Wales how to play the Yo-Yo.
avm9 TIL The land that the TV show “The Teletubbies” was filmed on, was flooded by the owner because of the volume of people who came to see it after the set closed for good.
RaB9 TIL there is a medicine being developed that will not only cure the common cold, but pretty much any viral infection you could get, including possibly HIV. (Why can’t we fast-track this research?)
ZGPa TIL that today is Kamehameha Day, to celebrate the first king of Hawaii
9wM8r TIL In 2012 Jimmy Zhong uncovered a coding error on the now defunct crypto market Silk Road that allowed him to withdraw more funds than he deposited. He stole 51,680 BTC ($3.4 Billion) and stayed anonymous for ten years before finally getting caught and arrested in '21 and was sentenced to 1 year.