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TIL that at the height of its power the Hudson’s Bay Company claimed eight million square kilometres in North America as its own and even had its own currency called "Made Beaver" (it valued goods by placing them against the standard of one prime beaver pelt)

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neQpB TIL the insulin pumps used by at least 350K Americans with diabetes (couldn't find the global number) were invented as a direct result of some of the earliest NASA technology from the Apollo program.
m1pNO TIL that following Michael Jackson's death, his sister discovered two hard disks at her brother's home that contained more than 100 unreleased songs, many of which were unregistered. In 2010, Sony signed a deal with Jackson's estate to release 10 posthumous albums, but only 3 were ever released
jRJX TIL that acclaimed children’s author Roald Dahl wrote the screenplay for the James Bond film “You Only Live Twice.”
4XGDa TIL about the Nike Decade, a shoe line that was discontinued after members of the cult Heaven's Gate performed a mass suicide while wearing the sneakers. Pairs of the shoes now resell for thousands of dollars.
0W5v TIL that Edgar Allan Poe died at age 40 after being found on a Baltimore street delirious “in great distress, and… in need of immediate assistance”. He never regained coherency before his death and to this day, the cause of his death remains a mystery.