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TIL the 90's motivational book series "Chicken Soup for the Soul" owns the Redbox DVD rental kiosks

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ADyog TIL Citibank accidentally sent $900 million to lenders of the makeup company Revlon. It's a unwritten rule that mistaken payments are sent back. And that's what everyone thought would happen — except the lenders wouldn't do it. And then a surprising court ruling said that the lenders could keep it
rvLx TIL that up until just 2,000 years ago there were Lemurs the size of a male Gorilla on Madagascar
80JK TIL that in Canada, there are currently NO shelters for male victims of violence or sexual abuse and that Earl Silverman, the previous owner and manager of the country’s only male shelter, committed suicide when he was forced to sell his house and shelter due to lack of funding.
1a0L8 TIL the Aussie word Esky (for cooler box or chilly bin) comes from the word Eskimo
0w1B5 TIL that Ray Parker Jr. was a highly sought after session guitarist, playing on hits by Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Bill Withers, and more - long before Ghostbusters. Playing in clubs and gigging at 15 years old, the young Parker ended up making more money than his father in a year.