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TIL that Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” music video was released on VHS and sold over 1 million copies

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6ElJw TIL Around 40,000 Irish fought for the Confederate Army in the US Civil War
Z8xER TIL That James Earl Jones “once” used a CB radio to talk to truckers in his Darth Vader voice and used Darth as his handle. He stopped because the truckers “totally freaked out.”
b9Mda TIL the Mormon Church maintains a $100 billion investment fund meant for religious, education, and charitable purposes, exceeding the combined net worths of the world's largest university endowment (Harvard University) and the world's largest philanthropic foundation (Gates Foundation)
ADDaa TIL when researchers from the University of Texas instructed people to spend a number of dollars a week either on experiences or on material goods, the first group felt happier afterwards. The reason is that the goods remain the same, so we stop noticing them, but experiences bring more variety.
kO561 TIL During President Kim Il-sung’s visit to Indonesia in 1965, President Sukarno showed Kim around the Bogor Botanical Gardens when the latter was smitten by an orchid. Sukarno promptly named the flower Kimilsungia and appointed it as the symbol of the eternal friendship between the two countries