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

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awd8o TIL Sunflower (Helianthus tuberosus) root, also called Jersualem artichokes or Sunchokes, are native to North America. Native Americans were first to cultivate sunflower roots for food. Resists cold, drought, wind. The roots contain inulin, which is firmly established to decrease blood cholesterol.
ZwNR TIL the density of the fur of an otter is incredible 50.000 hairs per square centimeter
d8OkB TIL Merv Griffin's wife, Julann came up with the format for Jeopardy! in response to the U.S. quiz show scandals of a few years earlier in 1963, when she proposed this idea to him: “Well, why don’t you give them the answers? And make people come up with the questions?”
689Y TIL there is an anti-date rape cup and straw. They detect date rape drugs when placed in a beverage to alert the victim.
GAN0E TIL San Antonio's historic Menger Hotel, constructed in 1857 and situated on the original battle grounds of the Alamo, features a ghost tour and is said to be inhabited by over 30 different spirits. The ghost of Teddy Roosevelt is known to pass through for a drink