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TIL BBC World Service was originally called “The BBC Empire Service”

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8KK4 TIL the 1976 Montreal Olympics had a budget of CDN$207 million but cost CDN$1.41 billion. A special tobacco tax was introduced in May 1976 to fund the loss, and it was finally paid off in 2006.
ZpP6a TIL Elton John's farewell tour is the second highest grossing tour in history, making $939M across 330 shows. Taylor Swift is number 1, with just over a billion dollars across 60 shows
5VwOk TIL former german Chancellor Gerhard Schröder was known as the "Audi Man" on account of his then-4 (now 5) marriages. He's also known as "Der Herr der Ringe" (the Lord of the Rings)
W7pN TIL Sex surrogates are people legally paid to have sex with people who are having sexual problems
1a19D TIL that I, a boy with Profound unilateral hearing loss can only hear 35% of a conversation if there is background noise.