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TIL the actor Sinbad was one of the worst debtors to the state of California in 2009, owing up to $2.5 million in income-tax to the state

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Y80B TIL Eli Lilly, the company behind the SSRI antidepressant Prozac, hid its clinical trials from the FDA that showed patients who took Prozac were 12 times more likely to commit suicide compared to older antidepressants.
oOdo TIL Max Brooks, author of The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z, is the son of comedian Mel Brooks and Actress Anne Bancroft.
8jEX TIL that there is a death metal band called Hatebeak whose lead vocalist is an African Grey parrot named Waldo.
JYlKm TIL that in 1925 a huge Citroën advertisement was built on Eiffel tower, a total of 250,000 light bulbs and 600 kilometres of electric cable were used to make the 30 metre high letters, It was there until 1934.
a1pM TIL that HAL9000 in the 2001: A Space Odyssey sings “Daisy, Daisy…” when he gets turned off beacuse it was the first song ever to be sang by a computer (in 1961 by IBM7094)