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TIL Rick Astley has only earned 12 bucks from YouTube in royalties.

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NpMe TIL the word “Oxymoron” is from the Ancient Greek words “sharp” and “dull” (smart and dumb) which makes the word “Oxymoron” an oxymoron itself.
JXRl TIL a genetic study of people from Iceland found a number of them had a mutation predominantly found among Native Americans. It has theorised that this could be because of American women breeding with Viking men, during Norse exploration of America in the 11th century AD.
JY6R8 TIL Dubai buy their sand from Australia to be used for creating cement. So Australians are actually managing to sell sand to Arabs.
wLRQW TIL that Herbert Hoover's last known written words were a get well message to his friend Harry Truman, six days before his death, after he heard that Truman had sustained injuries from slipping in a bathroom.
6Qol TIL Ranald Macdonald a Chinook/Scottish man, ventured to Japan despite knowing of the strict isolationist policy. He pretended to shipwreck on an island, where he was caught and sent to Nagasaki. There, he managed to convince the Daimyo that he could be of value as Japan’s first English teacher.