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TIL 60% of Coachella tickets were bought on Afterpay-style plans, and many BNPL companies have lost lawsuits for operating without a lenders license and called their services “budgeting tools”

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9YGNM TIL Europe's first beer fountain in Žalec, Slovenia was built by the town community using the tax money collected from a resident who won the Eurojackpot lottery. In the fountain, it's possible to drink different beers from five taps with a special microchipped glass.
Y7xbB TIL that 10 days were skipped in October 1582 when they switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.
wX6P TIL that it rained nearly continually in California from Christmas Eve 1861 through the end of January 1862, destroying nearly ¼ of the property in the state, turning the Central Valley into an inland sea, and bankrupting the state
W1bL TIL a man once saved a baby from a dumpster only to discover he was the father
OoOJ6 Today I Learned that the seed, inner bark, pollen, and needles of some pine trees are edible.