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TIL about Omayra Sánchez a 13 years old girl, trapped by a landslide for 60 hours, whose final moments were broadcast to the world

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R7M47 TIL During the Napster controversy, The Offspring wanted to release their upcoming album “Conspiracy of One” entirely online for free, but couldn’t due to legal threats from Sony. A few years later, they put up a dedicated radio stream of all their music on their site for free.
va78 TIL - In a study, video gamers (WOW) were found to be more productive workers than non-gamers
Wwa8 TIL: “Government once even claimed that Hooters discriminates against men because it hires big-breasted female waiters. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission only dropped its complaint after Hooters ran a commercial showing a hairy male server wearing Hooters’ skimpy uniform.”
VMva0 TIL that in India an estimated 1.2 million people have died of snake bites since 2000.
QNEnL TIL Courtney Love was the lead singer in Faith No More in 1984