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

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BgvYL TIL that the UK has longer average commute times than the USA
N7rob TIL that the color of the Golden Gate bridge is called International Orange, and is the same color as U.S. astronauts' spacesuits.
E11MX TIL that human fingers/toes getting wrinkly when in the bath/swimming is a actually NOT caused by water soaking into the skin. This effect does not happen if there is nerve damage in the finger, which means it is actually an involuntary autonomic nervous system response causing wrinkly fingers.
E1EbW TIL Jet Li turned down a role in The Matrix Reloaded because Hollywood producers wanted to record and copy all of his martial arts moves into a digital library, with all rights going to them.
ZgwR TIL that after the “Miracle on the Hudson”, where an Airbus A320 ditched into the Hudson River after colliding with a flock of geese, the US Department of Agriculture and Wildlife services gassed 1,235 Canadian Geese and coated 1,739 of their eggs in corn oil to suffocate the offspring.