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TIL that after the trailer of Grand Theft Auto VI was released, its featured song, Tom Petty's "Love Is a Long Road", saw a near-37,000% increase in Spotify streams, had almost 250,000 searches on Shazam, and ranked second on the worldwide iTunes chart

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QJkR6 TIL the phrase “butter someone up” is derived from a religious act in ancient India wherein the devout would throw butter balls at the statues of their favorite gods to seek favor and forgiveness.
GAYnE TIL in 1603, The Spanish and Japanese massacred an estimated 20,000 Chinese in the Philippines (Sangley Rebellion)
WjZN TIL that George Boole, the mathematician and philosopher renowned mostly for his logic, died when his wife, in an effort to cure his pneumonia, poured buckets of cold water all over him - believing that “remedies should resemble their cause”
aJbZ TIL, as of May 2014, the four largest wireless operators in the US will have a “Text-to-911” service intended for people with speech/hearing disability, as well as cases where a voice call might otherwise be dangerous.
99Mr TIL That attention seeking and drama addiction could stem from childhood neglect