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TIL "My Michigan", the state song of Michigan, is seldom used and has never been used on formal state occasions because they would have to pay royalties, the copyright not ending until 2028

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EmeP TIL: Elon Musk went to Russia to bargain for some refurbished ICBMs to build rockets for SpaceX, he was subsequently spat on by one of the chief Russian designers and called a novice.
pX4O TIL in 2008, Bebo the popular social network was bought from its creators by AOL for $850 million dollars. It was then run into the ground and after 5 years the site filed for bankruptcy and was sold back to the original creators for $1 million dollars.
dAkE TIL when cats are stalking their prey, they “chatter” their teeth because they are so intensely fixated on their prey that they are envisioning biting on them already. This is called: the “vacuum reaction”
4aaX TIL a tomato plant was found on the 40 year old volcanic island, Surtsey. Scientists were boggled as to how it got there. Turns out, it was from a scientist taking a dump, subsequently growing the plant.
Brvob TIL of Nicholas Winton, a man who rescued 669 mostly Jewish children from Czechoslovakia on the eve of WWII. He died at age 106 in 2015.