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TIL that singer R Kelly is illiterate

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69Pnl TIL the 1992 Super Bowl halftime show caused viewership of the game on CBS to decrease by 22%. So the following year, the NFL asked Michael Jackson to perform. The half time show was a major success, marking the first time in Super Bowl history that ratings increased between halves during the game.
YWe7 TIL the the $100 million in famine relief raised by Live Aid in 1985, was used to buy weapons and crush the opposition in Ethiopia’s civil war
NX8j1 TIL U.S. cash often contains traces of cocaine and other drugs, leading to innocent people having their money seized after drug-sniffing dogs detect traces. In 1994, a court ruled that widespread drug contamination of money in Los Angeles meant dog alerts alone didn’t justify forfeiture.
a80w0 TIL that James Conrad Marshall, killed in the Viet Cong attack on the U.S. Embassy during the Tet Offensive was the first Marine Security Guard to die in defense of a U.S. embassy or consulate.
d8YRr TIL The Philippines is the most Pro-American country in the world with 85-94% of Filipinos viewing Americans and the US favorably