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TIL that the Leo DiCaprio film “Wolf of Wall Street” that immortalised the life of corrupt wall street traders was largely financed by money stolen by corrupt financial traders.

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Pvrg TIL that captive ‘maned wolves’ were traditionally fed meat heavy diets, which caused bladder stones. In the wild, more than 50% of their diet consists of vegetable matter.
VxmD TIL more money was spent buying Central Park’s land than all of Alaska
E1EZW TIL there is a species of plant called the phantom orchid which has no photosynthesizing chlorophyll. It instead relies entirely on fungi in its root system for acquiring nutrition and energy
neJVG TIL of Latasha Harlins a 15 year old African American girl who was shot and killed by a Korean store owner in 1991. Despite being convicted the store owner received no jail time. Many people cite this case as one of the causes of the LA riots.
x6jBB TIL Australia bans instagram users from seeing how many likes they get