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TIL only 5% of average musicians' income comes from music sales, and only 12% of overall music industry income goes to the performers

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YpREA TIL Sir Walter Raleigh, British explorer and historian, first brought the potato to Ireland and planted them at his Irish estate. His cooks, who had never cooked potato before, served the leaves and stems (which are poisonous) making everyone sick. Potatoes were then banned from the court.
Oo0gL TIL Bananas emit antimatter almost every 75 minutes
BrxOK TIL Paul Revere never managed to warn anyone. He was actually captured, escaped, and then captured again. He was riding with two friends and it was one of them that escaped and managed to warn the Colonials.
x5eo TIL a mental disorder exists, in which people believe that they are dead, do not exist or have lost their blood or internal organs.
00vR TIL In 1120 drunk sailors crashed a ship carrying the sole male heir to the English throne, leading to his untimely demise and inciting 20 years of civil war.