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TIL Ted Turner, who sold his Turner Broadcasting System to Time Warner in 1995, estimated that because of the AOL/Time Warner merger in 2000, he lost roughly $8 billion (or 80% of his wealth).

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TIL Ted Turner, who sold his Turner Broadcasting System to Time Warner in 1995, estimated that because of the AOL/Time Warner merger in 2000, he lost roughly $8 billion (or 80% of his wealth).

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TIL it is illegal to die in Longyearbyen on Svalbard, Norway. Anyone who is dying is asked to leave for the mainland. Burials are also illegal due to the permafrost and any bodies are shipped to the mainland for burial.

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TIL about rogue waves which for centuries, scientists believed were a myth, despite eyewitness accounts from returning mariners. The first real measurement only occurred on Jan 1, 1995 where it was recorded on an oil-drilling platform off the coast of Norway.

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TIL of Locked-in syndrome, a condition where someone is fully mentally aware but cannot move or communicate verbally whatsoever due to complete paralysis of all muscles in their body except sometimes for vertical eye movements and blinking.

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