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TIL Beyoncé earned $24 million for a one-hour concert in Dubai

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5jk9 TIL $1 billion dollars (12% of GDP) was stolen from 3 Moldovan banks in 2014, a main culprit was elected Mayor in 2015.
5yo9 TIL the blue dye in M&Ms has been found to reduce spinal injury in rats, with the unfortunate side effect of temporarily turning them blue.
4kVQ6 TIL, when Disneyland opened in 1955, the cost of admission was $1 (which is $11 adjusted for inflation in 2022)
d87vj TIL Princess Sophie (of a minor German principality) married a Russian prince— soon after he was crowned emperor, she overthrew him and crowned herself Empress Catherine the Great. She annexed much of Poland (then ruled by her former lover), helped modernized Russia & started colonizing Alaska.
EgDZo TIL Jim Brown, at Syracuse University, was named All-America in lacrosse in 1957, after which no other black player was voted All-America for 23 years.