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TIL Moscow has more Billionaires than any other city in the world, beating out New York City and London

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aJpo TIL every company on the show “Shark Tank” used to have to give 2% royalties or 5% equity to the producers, regardless of whether a deal was made. Mark Cuban forced the producers to end that requirement, saying the “quality of the companies and entrepreneurs would decline” if it were kept
VMVBG Today I learned that 3 MIT computer scientists noticed the lack of peer review for submitted papers in phony journals, and created a fake CS paper software to prove how fraud the organizations were. It worked.
b9Oaa TIL of a sheep named Shrek, who hated getting his wool sheared. He escaped his enclosure and was on his own for 6 years. After being found and sheared his wool weighed 60 pounds, enough material to make 20 suits for men. All of his fleece was auctioned off to support medical charities for children.
VMVvQ TIL There has been an annual festival called 'Bob Dylan Festival' celebrated in the city of Shillong, Meghalaya, in India since 1972.
Pmmg TIL OK Go added 35 minutes of Damian Kulash’s sleeping girlfriend at the end of their album “Oh No” in order to prevent their label from using the extra space to add DRM software.