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VP94 TIL that Taco Bell failed to pay the men who pitched the idea of the Taco Bell Chihuahua and later were court ordered to pay $42.1 million dollars.
nWNeP TIL of Charlie, a Chimp that was taught Karate until that had to stop because he was getting too strong.
WG6A TIL: When Robin Williams made his guest appearance on “Louie”, he was so impressed by how hard everyone worked, that when Louis CK handed him his paycheck for his appearance Williams immediately endorsed it and handed it back to CK so it could be distributed amongst them.
l7n41 TIL we don't know where Point Nemo is. The coordinates of the most remote spot in the ocean have only been calculated using published coastline datasets. No one has ever taken GPS readings at the three closest land points to Point Nemo which is what it would take to calculate it precisely.
Br6KL TIL In 1974, a protest group of traditional country artists was formed in Nashville as a result of Olivia Newton-John, a foreigner from Australia, winning the Country Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year award claiming her foray into country music as "un-American"