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TIL Michael Jackson’s 1994 settlement with the family that accused him of abusing Jordan Chandler did not prevent them from testifying in a criminal trial, and specifically states that Jackson admitted to no wrongdoing. The family took the money and stopped cooperation with the police investigation

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1vl7 TIL that it is likely there are 5 to 10 times more stars in the known Universe than there are grains of sand on all the world’s beaches but that a single grain of sand has more atoms than there are stars in the known Universe.
neKDP TIL there was a successful "real life" demonstration of driverless automobile technology over 60 years ago in Lincoln, Nebraska. Broader implementation stalled due to a lack of interest from other states in funding the necessary infrastructure.
PQrg TIL the richest man in Asia has the last name Ka-shing
v14Y7 TIL that Israel's flag carrier El Al is the only commercial airline to equip its planes with missile defense systems to protect its planes against surface-to-air missiles
Kyr6 TIL that every week in Japan, there’s a widely-popular, five-minute-long TV program that features a girl running up a hill. That’s it. Each week, there’s a different girl and a different hill. It’s called, “Zenryoku Saka”.