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TIL It costs $12,500 to deport a single illegal immigrant in the United States.

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kJVr1 TIL that the iconic 1962 crossover sequel 'King Kong vs Godzilla' was originally pitched as a showdown between King Kong and Frankenstein's Monster (briefly renamed "the Ginko" and then "Prometheus" in the mistaken belief that Universal owned the rights to the name "Frankenstein")
8pDP TIL a duel between three people is called a truel
ANNLn TIL in 2003, before TNN was renamed Spike TV, Spike Lee filed for an injunction to stop the channel's name change. Lee claimed that "The media description [...] confirmed what was obvious - that Spike TV referred to Spike Lee."
9edr TIL In Norway they publish their citizen’s annual tax returns online. If you accesses someone’s tax return, that person will receive a notification that someone’s checking on him.
oReG8 TIL the fax machine was invented in 1843