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

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lo7ar TIL that recently-ousted Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe won a lottery of 100,000 Zimbabwe dollars (about $2,600) in 2000. The lottery was organised by a partly state-owned bank and was open to all clients who had kept Z$5,000 or more in their accounts during December 1999.
Wk0r8 TIL Harvard scientists managed to store a GIF animation of a galloping horse in the DNA of bacteria
mDyO TIL Barbie’s original design was based on a German adult gag-gift prostitute doll named Lilli
Y7GjA TIL the Earth's radius is about 21km (13mi) smaller at the poles compared to the equator.
m1Gdp TIL that The Terminator originally considered casting Arnold Schwarzenegger as the hero. Director James Cameron envisioned the Terminator as a more inconspicuous figure. However, after meeting Schwarzenegger, Cameron realized his imposing presence was ideal for the Terminator role.