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TIL about the "hijacking" of the oil tanker, Brillante Virtuoso in the Gulf of Aden in 2011. There pirate attack left the ship heavily damaged and it was scrapped. The owner attempted a $100 mil insurance claim, one of the primary inspectors was killed in a car bomb, others were harassed.

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PY6Og TIL about the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and its impact on the music industry. After it was passed, 4 music conglomerates bought up all the indie hip hop labels and made the music less about art and social change and more about crime and violence.
Pv6O TIL part of the reasons for Disneyland’s grand opening disaster was the counterfeit tickets, as 28,154 guests passed through the park’s gates with such tickets. It was supposed to be 15,000 on invitation-only.
neG5o TIL that there is an art installation in Ohio consisting of over 100 large concrete ears of corn
NVMJ TIL surrogate alcohol is a thing, and a huge problem in Russia, where people will drink shoe polish, hairspray and cologne, 40,000 people per year die from alcohol poisoning there
vKd4 TIL: Despite piracy, there are more musicians than before and they’re making more money than ever.