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TIL the richest man who ever ever lived was an African king alive in 1300

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D1YBv TIL there exists in Japan an arcade game where you're goal is to pound and flip a table in frustration using a tiny plastic table.
LjV TIL that Earth has a quasi-satellite, incorrectly called Earth’s second moon, that orbits the sun every 364 days.
16Jk8 TIL As recent as 2020, the US was still awarding purple heart medals that had been produced in 1945 in preparation for the invasion of Japan.
VBOO8 TIL that in 2023, a patient legally sought euthanasia. Upon being provided a deadly concoction in liquid form to be drunk, the patient's friend (37YO) opted to have a sip themself which nearly resulted in the death of the friend as well.
Medx8 TIL that on 10 June 1898, mathematician Alice Lee barged into a meeting of the all-male Anatomical Society, measured 35 skulls and found that some of the most well-regarded anatomists had the smallest skulls. These anatomists believed that skull size determined intelligence.