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TIL 'All I Want for Christmas' nets Mariah Carey $500,000 in royalties each Christmas.

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gMkp8 TIL that the Life expectancy number we know for the middelages includes the infant mortality, so 13th-century English nobles had 30 year life expectancy at birth, but when they reached the age of 21, they would normaly have a expectancy of 64.
4ZAw TIL: 15 of the worlds largest shipping vessels create as much pollution as all the cars in the world combined.
nWKBW TIL after Leona Helmsley did not pay her contractors that worked on her Connecticut home, she was investigated for tax evasion, and she received a 16 year sentence. During trial her housekeeper testified that Helmsley said "only the little people pay taxes." She ended up serving 19 months in prison.
9Y0v6 TIL US general, Douglas MacArthur, had two of the worst military disasters in American history happen under his command: the largest surrender of US forces (Battle of Bataan, WWII) and the longest retreat of US forces (The retreat back to the 38th parallel during the Korean War)
e0Z65 Today I learned, submarine sonar is no a “ping” like movies and games, but actually EXTREMELY loud and can kill people and sea life