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TIL that the creator of Wonder Woman was in a polyamorous relationship and based her Lasso of Truth on his belief in BDSM and “loving submission."

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oBVMo TIL In 2018, the world's most expensive bottle of vodka (worth $1.3 million USD) was stolen and found empty on a construction site.
b6lpa TIL of Strivers' Row, a district of Harlem, NYC, whose houses were built in the 1890s. The houses sat empty for more than 20 years because at first the owner would only sell to white people, but by the 1920s the area had become the leading district for upper-middle class black families.
160w8 TIL that during the 2001 anthrax attacks, one of the biggest concerns of investigators, was ensuring that smallpox samples had not been placed in with the anthrax.
V8OQ TIL that there are white black bears, Kermode bears, also known as the “spirit bears” living in British Columbia in Canada.
Wkmpd TIL After Super Bowl XIII a Steelers fan snuck into the team showers and then answered questions from reporters as if he was a player