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TIL the Executive Producer of Cops bought the Bad Boys theme song from Inner Circle for $2,500.

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9YwRQ TIL that wild turkey were hunted to extinction in New England by about 1850. The turkey were reintroduced to the region by transplant only in the 1970s.
NXPDE TIL that in 1991, the American consumer electronics retailer Circuit City developed the CarMax company as a subsidiary in an attempt to revolutionize the used car retail business.
6EmJw TIL Physics Laureate Gerard Muorou (2018, Short Pulse Lasers) accidentally revolutionized Ophthalmology when in 1993 a student, struck by the laser, miraculously suffered no damage as the pulse was amazingly short, lasting a femtosecond long. The laser than became the Standard-Bearer in Eye Surgery.
Z94v TIL The Church of Satan does not worship or even believe in the existence of Satan
49xa TIL there is a pub in Ireland that opened in 900 ad.