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TIL: Fossil fuels such as oil do not come from dinosaurs

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10k4 TIL that the founder and CEO of a Greek yogurt company (Chobani) was a Turkish immigrant who came to the U.S. with only $3,000 and bought an abandoned factory, and started producing yogurt. Now, his company generates over a billion dollars in revenue.
m1G8y TIL Grand Duchess Olga, oldest child of Czar Nicholas II of Russia, was a nurse in a military hospital during WW1
Pa4e TIL that “WKRP in Cincinnati” recorded on videotape rather than film because it made the music licensing rights cheaper
d8oWE TIL that in 1759 Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000 year lease on the land of the brewery at £45 per year
Bg0VL TIL William Shakespeare, often regarded as England's greatest playwright, is believed to have been born and died on St. George's Day, April 23rd. However, the exact dates of his birth and death are not conclusively known.