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TIL Music rap artist Nelly has sent 2 kids to college every year for the past 10 years

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A1ka TIL Rolex is run by Not for profit charities. After the money goes to employees and the Rolex family, the rest is donated to charity. Some of these charities focus on education and some focus on watch making.
jYyj TIL that comedian Doug Stanhope raised $125,000 for an athiest made homeless by a tornado just because he was sick of the overly-religious messages on CNN.
d8kVK TIL David Bowie's Heroes was recorded with one microphone 22cm (9 inches) away from him, another one 6m (20 feet) away, and the last one 15m (50 feet) away, so that he'd have to adjust his tone in different parts of the song (in the 6 minute album version, link in comments)
4kME6 TIL young adult brains aren't fully developed until they're 25. Adults think with the prefrontal cortex, which responds to situations with good judgment. Teens and young adults process information with the amygdala. This is the emotional part.
W7aLA TIL Star Trek was broadcast in Canada first, before America