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TIL There was an American musician in the 1970s who sold very few records in the US, so he quit music and became a demolition worker; in 1998, he found out that his records had gone platinum in South Africa.

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WkZX9 TIL Jeremy Renner, probably best known for his character Hawkeye, broke both of his arms, went to to the hospital, and then kept acting.
d8ja7 TIL that after decades of Florida’s convoluted fireworks law that supposedly made them illegal (but allowed the sale for unlikely purposes, which purchasers would sign “official” forms attesting to), fireworks are now legal for all residents on New Year’s and the Fourth of July.
4oAR TIL that there are more nuns over 90 than those under 60 in the US.
MXB8 TIL in 1930 a hockey goalie caught fire during a game when a puck hit a pack of matches in his pocket.
6xw TIL that the combined wealth of the world’s richest 1000 people is almost twice as much as the world’s poorest 2.5 billion