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TIL the German state forensic bureau showed that portions of the Anne Frank Diary were written with a ballpoint pen. Ballpoint pens were not available before 1951.

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ked7 TIL in 1999 Ted Turner proposed a one-time tax on the rich. He proposed a 14.25% tax on the net worth of all Americans worth 10 million or more. It would have gathered $5.7 Trillion dollars. Due to the growth of wealth among the super-rich, today it would gather $15 Trillion.
xVXP5 TIL The Patron Saint of Poland is called The Black Madonna. Her skin his discolored due to centuries of lights and candles being burnt in front of it.
E1Py7 TIL a 38 year old woman named Joyce Vincent died in her London flat watching TV, and her body lay undisturbed until almost 3 years later when city officials came to repossess the apartment due to unpaid rent.
l7Pa5 TIL in 2016 a bloodhound wandered into a half marathon on their own and finished in 7th place.
JYV0Q TIL the “foot” has two official lengths in the United States: That of the International Foot and that of the US Survey Foot