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TIL When Bono was 14, his mother died at her father’s funeral

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grE09 TIL artist Damien Hirst created the most expensive work of art by a living artist. "For the Love of God" is a skull made out of platinum, human teeth & 8,601 diamonds. It cost 15 million pounds & took 18 months to make, completed in 2007.
BgovD TIL The creator of Girls Gone Wild got the idea while working on compilations of violent videos for his Banned From Television series that was sold on infomercials. He is now living in Mexico to avoid numerous legal and abuse allegations.
aEG0 TIL that Brazzers, Reality Kings, Pornhub, YouPorn, Pornhub, Tube8, XTube, RedTube, ExtremeTube, GayTube, KeezMovies, SpankWire, and PornIQ are ALL owned by the same company.
BkgD TIL that during the Development of Street Fighter II, one of the game’s designer, Yoshiki Okamoto, originally wanted Chun-Li’s health bar to be shorter than the other fighters’ because “women are not as strong.”
4kP15 TIL Fabio was the spokesperson for "I Can't Believe it's Not Butter" from 1994-2016 turning its brand name into an international catchphrase