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TIL Nigerian scammers sold a fake airport for $242 million dollars.

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pjgN TIL: There is controversy over China’s top ranking in the international student assessment. Only the three richest Chinese school districts participate in the international student assessment.
yVWRJ TIL the first eclipse to be known in advance of its occurrence happened in 585 BC and was accurately predicted by Thales of Miletus. The methods he used for his prediction remain unknown.
D1LRJ TIL there is 3G cell service and internet capability at the peak of Mt. Everest, while only 9% of the Nepalese population has access to the internet
QNbde TIL about "Better than sex cake", a type of cake originating from the United States and is known by similar names such as "better than Robert Redford cake" and "next best thing to Robert Redford".
78JkO TIL that Elizabeth “Plinky” Toepperwein was America’s only female professional trapshooter and beat Annie Oakley's accuracy record—she peeled potatoes with bullets and shot cigarettes out of her husband’s mouth.