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TIL that the most expensive liquor in the world retails for 1.5 million USD, and when sold will set a Guinness World Record.

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WkZx8 TIL that VO5 means 5 vitamins and oils
X0mVj TIL Tesla’s OSHA violations made up 75 percent of all the violations among the top 10. From 2014 to 2018, Tesla’s auto production facility in Fremont, California, was issued a total of 54 OSHA violations: three times more than all the top 10 auto plants in the U.S. combined.
A1Vd TIL that Michael Bay walked out of the screening of Friday the 13th (2009), a movie that he produced, because it had too much sex.
loGk1 TIL the US patent office actually granted a patent on Indian Basmati rice to the prince of Liechtenstein (an alpine European microstate), in a case of "bio-piracy." The patent was eventually revoked after an international outcry.
5pnQ TIL that Teri Horton, a 73-year-old former long-haul truck driver who purchased a painting from a thrift shop for $5, only to find out that it may be a Jackson Pollock, turned down an offer of US $9 million from a Saudi Arabian buyer.