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TIL that Ticketmaster was investigated by the DOJ for anticompetitive business practices. The investigation abruptly ended when Ticketmaster hired a firm whose former partners occupied top posts in the DOJ’s Antitrust Division

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VGj8 TIL The rapper 50 cent earned $200 million before taxes from endorsing the sales of vitamin water which was 10 times more than what he had made selling records up to that point
vPYKr TIL that there were two contemporary inquiries into the sinking of the Titanic (British and American). The British inquiry focused more on how the disaster had come about, while the American version was much more about who should be blamed.
Y7MBx TIL The co-founder of the CIAs venture capital firm, In-Q-Tel, was originally a video game designer.
b6p5a TIL a San Jose couple won in an auction a parcel of land in the most expensive part of San Francisco for $90K. They discovered the parcel was a private road and sidewalk to the homes of San Francisco's elite and it was up for auction because the neigborhood's HOA didn't pay taxes on it for 17 years.
awA40 TIL of Ball Lightning, an unexplained phenomena where a luminous ball of what looks like lightning appears at ground level, moving unpredictably and 'bouncing off buildings, people and cars'. Despite many accounts, very little is known about why it occurs.