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TIL Admission to engineering at ETHz (ranked 3rd globally) is guaranteed to every Swiss Citizen who passes their highschool exams and semester tuitions is under $700 for both national and international students

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epvnn TIL in the 1980s, a woman bought a ring at a car boot sale for £10 & proceeded to wear it regularly under the assumption it was a piece of costume jewelry. However when she had it appraised decades later, it was identified as a real 26-carat diamond ring from the 1800s, which she then sold for £656K
VMBkZ TIL that "Ghostbusters" actor Dan Aykroyd is one of the founders of a popular brand of spirit named "Crystal Head Vodka"
JJW1 TIL if you type www.loser.com in the web address bar, it will redirect you to Kanye West’s Wikipedia page.
a80vA TIL the Nascar driver that inspired Let’s Go Brandon has no sponsors and will have to sit out the season.
kJ145 TIL Common Smoke detectors in Russia use weapons grade Plutonium-239 for the source.