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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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loNmV TIL that Phil Perry, performer of the "Goof Troop" theme song, was scheduled to perform a lunch-hour jazz concert to promote a new album inside the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001.
R7KQ TIL Will Smith actually has a home in Bel-Air
AN1L7 TIL Gary Webb exposed CIA ties to the crack epidemic in 1996. Though discredited at the time, later reports confirmed parts of his story. He died in 2004 from two gunshot wounds to the head, ruled a suicide but many found it suspicious given his revelations.
yQ6kV TIL Jeremy Clarkson was fired from "Top Gear" for punching a producer who told him the hotel kitchen was closed.
EGXP TIL Dubai has a weight-loss contest called ‘Your Child in Gold’ where individual participants win one gram of gold for every one kilogram (~2.2lbs) lost, and double reward for families. The contest is aimed at combating early obesity and raise awareness on the disease.