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TIL that Shakespeare's wife's name was Anne Hathaway

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5Jak TIL Capitol One paid Alec Baldwin $15 million over nearly five years. After taxes and accounting fees, he will have given all of it, $14.125 million, to charity.
QN7m6 TIL that the Star Wars Episode I soundtrack, which came out two weeks before the film. Contained a track that spoiled a pivotal plot point in the film
JaL4 TIL that Reuters was founded by Paul Reuters, who in 1848 established a route of carrier pigeons to transmit information about stock news that was faster than the postal trains of the time.
QJw8d TIL after MLK won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize, Atlanta's business elite opposed an interracial celebration. Paul Austin, chair/CEO of CocaCola (1962–1981) & supporter of MLK summoned them & dared to move CocaCola's HQ out of Atlanta. Every ticket to the dinner was sold in 2 hours after the meeting
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