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TIL that Aretha Franklin insisted on being paid for gigs up front and in cash, and would often keep the cash on stage with her in her handbag

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kNy4 TIL in 1962, two American geologists found that a large rock face above a Peruvian town could collapse during an earthquake. The Peruvian government ordered the two to retract their work or face prison. Eight years later, an earthquake collapsed the rock face, killing 20,000 of the town’s residents.
rRAAd TIL a pod of killer whales used to hunt with Indigenous Australians. The pod would lead another whale into a bay then whistle to the hunters. After they had killed the whale, the pod would get the tongue and lips before the hunters took the rest.
mxP5E TIL Rory Kinnear's father Roy was also an actor and played Mr. Salt in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
VJYp TIL: Ragnarok, the Norse end of the world, is happening in a week (Feb. 22nd)
4XdAw TIL that Norman Borlaug, developed new strains of crops which yielded 4x as much food. He is said to have saved the lives of over a billion people, making him one of the most influential men in human history.