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TIL of 666 5th Avenue, that Kushner Properties tried to sell in part at an overinflated price to a Chinese Insurance Group that would wipe out 80% of the Kushner's $1.2B debt that is due in early 2019.

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4kRQw TIL some homosexual men in Africa need regular anus sutures to maintain fecal continence, and some have their anuses torn to 3 inches wide and I wonder what objects are causing this
wexM TIL each Disney film is avail to buy for limited time and then put “in the vault”. It is done to keep films fresh. Side effect is that DVDs become collectibles and parents have to pay excessive amounts for films which also increases piracy.
9Ye7r TIL Kiwifruits were originally called Chinese gooseberries, as they are native to China. The name was first changed to melonette, which was unpopular because melons were subject to higher tariffs than other fruit. They were renamed kiwifruits in 1959.
j6dXE TIL of Dr. Benjamin Spock, a pediatrician whose 1946 book "Baby and Child Care" is one of the best-selling books of the twentieth century. His then unconventional advice to parents to show affection to their children and to see them as individuals revolutionized how parents raised their children.
rpA0 TIL Cleopatra lived closer to the time of space travel than she did to the building of the Great Pyramid.