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TIL Hugh Hefner’s father, a public accountant, turned him down when he needed money to start Playboy as he did not think the magazine was a good business investment. However, as he was about to leave, his mother took him aside and gave him a $1000 cheque from her savings to help his venture

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9Y5JB TIL The Ramones’ “I Wanna be Sedated” is a straightforward homage to Alice Cooper’s “I Wanna Be Elected”. (Note: I heard it from Alice herself in a documentary but the hyperlink I attached will have to suffice.)
v06L TIL, pharmaceutical companies pay their competitors to not make generic forms of their drugs so they can continue to charge more to consumers.
LQxKm TIL that Mychal Thompson suggested drafting Michael Jordan over Bowie in 1984 NBA draft so that MJ and Drexler could team up in Trail Blazers. Mychal told the organization that if you pick Jordan, and he and Clyde play together, they're going to dominate this league for the next 10 or 15 years.
WmMo TIL in the 8th century, under pressure from the Arabs and Byzantines to convert to either Islam or Christianity, many of the Khazar nobility converted to Judaism.
X0aMr TIL that t-bone steaks, prime ribs and oxtail as well as some soups and stocks were outlawed in the United Kingom in 1997. This was caused by the Beef Bones Regulations 1997 which were implemented in response to an outbreak of mad cow disease. The regulations were lifted in December 1999.