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TIL that rolling stone gave Elton John's album 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' a scathing review, despite years later including it as #91 on their list of top 500 albums of all time

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wWyo TIL that the very unmuscular Australian comedian Hamish Blake once won the heavyweight category in the Mr New York State bodybuilding competition after entering as a joke, as he was the only competitor heavy enough to qualify.
Lkn9 TIL Stephen Colbert net worth is 45 million and has a 4 million annual salary.
bYmj TIL Frank Sinatra’s mother Dolly, ran a an illegal abortion business that provided services for free, from her home; she was arrested several times and convicted twice for this offense.
1jxO TIL Soda is so corrosive, that without BPA or equivalent liner, an aluminum can would break after three days
GAeQj TIL Joseph Goebbels (Nazi minister of Propaganda) funded the development of a low-cost Radio ("Volksempfänger", the “people’s receiver”) which delivered State-Run "news" directly into the homes of German citizens. It was a "vital element of success" in the spreading Nazi ideology.