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TIL that Facebook makes $9 off of your personal data annually, while Google makes $45

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8a60V TIL the US minted a quarter For 2020 with bats on it. First time bats have appeared on a US coin.
WEyY TIL Spartan marriage involved a custom of capturing a woman, shaving her head, and dressing her in a man’s clothing. Then the groom/capturer would secretly visit her, and finally sleep with her. All Spartans were required to marry at age 30.
E1J7p TIL Mario was given his cap in his first appearance in Donkey Kong because of the limited advances in video game graphics when the game was made. A red cap was added because programmers found it difficult to create the hair movement that would occur when the character jumped.
wowL1 TIL about Mount Athos, a peninsula in northeastern Greece where only men and male animals are allowed, with the only exception being cats for their mousing abilities.
JYYM1 TIL that the term for the criminal act "racketeering" is defined as "a repeated or continuous way to illegally obtain or extort money" -usually set up as a form of business.