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TIL Like the city of Detroit, Pompeii was heavily graffitied.

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Rjr1 TIL Swedish millionaire Johan Eliasch purchased 400,000 acres of the Amazon Rainforest from a logging company for $14,000,000 for the sole purpose of its preservation.
P1nQV TIL that a group of kangaroos is called a mob. This collective noun perfectly captures the sometimes chaotic and rowdy nature of these marsupials.
vP1y4 TIL there is a Guinness World Record for the fastest time for a dog to pop 100 balloons.
e0nwJ TIL that from 2013 to 2016, US physicians accepted $24.94 billion from pharmaceutical companies, in nearly 41 million transactions, and there is a searchable web database where you can find out if your doctor has accepted any payments, from whom, how much, and the nature of the payment.
MYBA TIL there is a “designated survivor” should anything happen to all of the top officials in the US