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TIL that although GPS is free for the world to use, it costs $2 million per day to operate. The money comes from American tax revenue.

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wowOW TIL that, while an odd pair, philosopher's Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre were best friends. However, they split when Camus wrote "The Rebel" due to Sartre becoming angered by Camus's argument that absolute justice and absolute freedom couldn't coexist making violent revolution mostly pointless.
rNOV4 TIL of "Frites by Idaho", a fragrance that smelled like french fries. The Idaho Potato Commission released it on Valentine's Day 2022 and it cost $1.89
p8drO TIL that Walt Disney gave his housekeeper, Thelma Pearl Howard, stocks of the company during holidays and birthdays every year, instead of cash. The stocks were valued very little at the time, but by the time she was in her 70s, they were worth $9 million.
KYGA9 TIL olympic sailor Francisco Gonzalez killed 44 people on a plane by shooting both the pilots
5VgoQ TIL in 1979, in between a double-header, the White Sox exploded a crate filled with disco records to stands of over 50k disco haters. Thousands flocked to the field afterward, which became so destroyed that they forfeit the 2nd game to the Tigers - the last time in AL history.