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TIL during the 18th century, you could pay your admission ticket to the zoo in London by bringing a cat or a dog to feed the lions.

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VMom TIL that there is a group of Islands in the Bay of Bengal, South-east of India, where the Andamanese people live a 60,000 year old existence. Their culture has no knowledge of cultivation or fire-making. All outside contacts with civilization have been met with hostility.
xVJPb TIL about Archie "The Greek" Karas, a gambler who turned $50 into $40M and lost it all in a year
grWl9 TIL: In ancient Rome actors had a very low social status and were seen as little better than prostitutes
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8WXG TIL for $45, the U.S. Bureau of Engraving & Printing will sell you a 5-lb bag full of $10,000 worth of shredded U.S. currency.