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TIL George Washington has over $300,000 in overdue library fines.

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PVvg TIL: There is a species of octopus called the Argonaut. The male stores up sperm in his penis/tentacle and when he finds a mate, he tears it off and gives it to her so that she can, quite literally, go fuck herself.
4XvJJ TIL of the "world's richest Indian." Jackson Barnett who was from the Muscogee Native American tribe had as much as $24 million worth of oil under his Oklahoma property. Due to Barnett's illiteracy he was denied access to his estate and died in relative poverty.
JK81 TIL that Picasso made his two mistresses wrestle to see who should be his lover
4XejR TIL of Tom & Moll King, owners of 18th century London's infamous 'Tom King's Coffee House'. Est. 1720 by the aristocrat & his former prostitute wife, the all-night venue - famed also for its attractive Black barmaid - drew all classes for sex encounters. It features in artist William Hogarth's work.
E1gE7 During the war at Gallipoli, 6000 bullets per square metre were shot, a shocking statistic that provides some of the perspectives of the brutality of the fighting in this area