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TIL Google has been buying 1 company a week, since 2010.
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TIL Candace Newmaker, a 10 yo girl, was killed during a "rebirthing session", during which she was wrapped in a heavy flannel blanket, covered in pillows, and held down forcefully by 4 adults (2 unlicensed "therapists" and 2 "therapeutic foster parents") until she suffocated.
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TIL that in 2004, 1/3 of the men in the Pitcairn Islands were accused of assault. Their defense rested on the fact that British sovereignty of the islands was illegitimate, as the colonists were descended from Royal Navy mutineers. A new Court had to be created specifically to have jurisdiction.
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TIL that Jim Croce's first album, Facets, was financed by his parents for $500. His parents hoped it would fail so that he would continue his education. Instead, he sold every copy and made a profit of $2500.
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TIL the first paper gift card was created by an Oregon glove company in 1908 that advertised "gift givers need not worry about picking the right size or color glove"; department store Neiman Marcus created the first plastic card; and Blockbuster Video was a pioneer of displaying them to customers
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TIL that heavy metal band Black Sabbath started as a blues band called Earth, but changed their name after seeing the Boris Karloff horror film "Black Sabbath". They liked "that people paid money to be frightened".