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TIL That Rolling Stone magazine named Aretha Franklin as the greatest singer of all time

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M96a TIL Jesse Owens real name was “J. C. ”, but due to his strong southern accent people thought his name was Jesse.
b6yo0 TIL David Koresh, leader of religious cult Branch Davidians, was infatuated with American pop singer Madonna and claimed that God himself sent Madonna to Earth for him.
kOZxB TIL that while Sputnik was the first man-made object to reach orbit, 13 years earlier the Nazis launched the MW 18014 rocket, the first man-made object to reach outer space.
X0J56 TIL that Louis Armstrong's song "What a Wonderful World" failed to make the record charts in the USA on its initial release in 1967, because the president of his new record label refused to promote it. It finally made the US Top 40 in 1988 after being featured in the movie "Good Morning Vietnam".
RBEa TIL When Paypal was started they gave $20 to everyone that made an account, and $20 for every person they referred. This cost them 60-70 million dollars but they had 100,000 costumers in the month PayPal went online