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TIL that that Yahoo had the opportunity to purchase Google for five billion dollars in 2002, and now it’s worth nearly seventy-eight times that at three hundred ninety billion.

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oXjK TIL a man drove over 600 miles to listen to the Cubs win the World Series on his fathers grave. Keeping his word on a promise made decades ago
D1Dbr TIL Christopher Columbus had experienced a hurricane or tropical storm in 1495 near Hispaniola, the first known recorded and reported hurricane ever. He later declared that "nothing but the service of God and the extension of the monarchy" would induce him to expose himself to such danger.
Zp47a TIL Genghis Khan would marry off a daughter to the king of an allied nation. Then he would assign his new son in law to military duty in the Mongol wars, while his daughter took over the rule. Most sons in law died in combat, giving his daughters complete control of these nations
0wRdA TIL Cher hated the song “If I Could Turn Back Time” and only recorded it because songwriter Diane Warren held down her leg and said “You have to record it!” It was released as a single and marked a comeback moment for Cher in 1989.
7mZZ TIL that Geneva Steel, in an effort to show the company’s importance to the local economy, paid its employees bonuses in $2 bills, which then started showing up in local businesses