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TIL that Seinfeld has generated over $3 billion since 1995 and Jerry Seinfeld turned down over $100 million to make a 10th season.

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mnBO TIL that Catalan activist Enric Duran took out 68 loans from a total of 39 banks between 2006-2008, with no collateral, and no intention of repaying, and used the money to finance activist movements, as an act of ‘financial civil disobedience’
W7o64 TIL that scientist Lynn Margulis, famous for the idea that mitochondria and chloroplasts were once free-roaming prokaryotes, was at one time married to astronomer Carl Sagan.
9no6 TIL that the United States led the world in forced sterilizations before Nazi Germany.
ADKbo TIL the rainbow lorikeet is a colorful species of parrot native to the forests of eastern Australia. Reportedly, they love showering and sometimes sleep upside down. As intelligent birds, they get easily bored and love to play with noisy toys. When they eat fermented fruit, they can get quite drunk.
VM4P4 TIL that a cockatoo, an Australian bird, was kept by the Holy Roman Emperor in the 13th century, 4 centuries before Australia was discovered by white Europeans.