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TIL If you earn more than US$21,000 a year, you are part of the richest 4% of the planet.

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Eo57 TIL Michael Diamond of the Beastie Boys interviewed “Weird Al” in 1996 and had Spike Jonze (in a neck brace) repeatedly interrupt the interview posing as a crazed fan, and arranged for Yoko Ono to walk by just as Al was talking about being denied permission to parody Beatles songs.
eGlJ TIL a group of grown men made a shot-by-shot remake of an iCarly episode. Seemingly, for no reason whatsoever.
MeZWb TIL that caterpillars digest their entire body into a soupy liquid in their cocoon before regenerating into a butterfly from the few remaining cells.
v64B TIL that the richest man in the world at the time, John Jacob Astor IV, was present on the Titanic when it sank in 1912. When his body was recovered, it was found to contain gold, diamonds and $2500 cash (nearly $61,000 in today’s money)
xVdLw TIL traditional Japanese wrapping cloths are increasing in popularity as an environmentally-friendly alternative to wrapping paper