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TIL that "Every Breath You Take" alone accounts for up to a third of Sting's annual music royalty payments.

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ADXX7 TIL of the "Japanese Schindler," Chiune Sugihara, a diplomat who went against orders to save 6000 Jewish lives during the Holocaust
NnmN TIL that upon initial release in 1966, a comma was mysteriously added to the Rolling Stones song by the record company, making the official title “Paint It, Black”
rdmy TIL That John Hughes shot The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off back to back to save money. He also used the same crew and sets, including the high school with the same posters on the walls.
kR1d TIL in 1977, William Kampiles stole a top-secret KH-11 spy satellite manual from the CIA which he sold to the Russians for $3000. He then told the CIA for who he worked what he had done in the hopes that they would hire him as a double agent. They didn’t and he was sentenced to 40 years in prison.
1yGP TIL Clay Matthews, linebacker for the Green Bay Packers, wore an adult diaper under his uniform to help test the product and benefit a non-profit organization.