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TIL a Minnesota woman was ordered to pay $222,000 in damages for illegally downloading 24 songs.

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J1ab4 TIL Disney World had its own airport that had a runway that featured a set of grooves, like rumble strips on the side of a highway, that played “When You Wish Upon a Star” when driven over at roughly 45 miles per hour to surprise the airplane passengers.
695Wl TIL of Eddie Futch who trained four of the five fighters (Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, Larry Holmes and Trevor Berbick), who defeated Muhammad Ali.
b9Mp0 TIL After seeing his “incredibly ugly” newborn, Jian Feng accused his wife of cheating. She admitted to several plastic surgeries before the two met. He sued her for false pretense, claiming she misled him for hiding the cosmetic history. He won.
pYGvZ TIL large sheets of uncut legal U.S. currency can be purchased from the U.S. Mint in every denomination up to $100 bills.
xV0rg TIL I learned that George Washington Carver, the "Peanut Guy", was also the first black American to receive a bachelors degree in the US in 1894. He also discovered dozens of new use cases from sweet potatoes. So he was so much more than just a peanut guy! Powerful black history facts.