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TIL that fortune cookies were invented in the United States

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9wZOG TIL that only 6 U.S presidents had made a conscientious decision to not run for a second term.
LQ7Pm TIL about Bowie Bonds, securities backed by David Bowie's pre-1990 albums. They paid 7.9% interest with a 10-year average life, beating the 6.37% return on 10-year Treasuries at the time. But with the rise of music piracy, Moody's downgraded them from A3 to Baa3, just above junk status.
kW7W TIL Hard man actor Vin Diesel has played Dungeons & Dragons for over 20 years, and wrote the foreword for the commemorative book 30 Years of Adventure: A Celebration of Dungeons & Dragons.
7rKNL TIL “Millions Of Cats” by Wanda Gág Is the oldest american picture book still in print.
b6kj TIL that a man who gave away his fortune to charity also donated a kidney to a stranger, noting that the chances of dying as a result of the procedure were about 1 in 4,000 and “to withhold a kidney from someone who would otherwise die means valuing one’s own life at 4,000 times that of a stranger”