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TIL That an American charity will pay drug addicts $300 to get sterilized

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e6vD TIL in 1965 Honeywell tried to sell a $10,000 ($75,000 is today’s dolars) “Kitchen Computer” with a built in cutting board. It included a two week course in how to use it. They sold NONE.
vPmnj TIL that the first Major League Baseball All-Star game - played on July 6, 1933 - was intended to be a one-time event to boost morale during the Great Depression. The American League won over the National League by a score of 4 - 2.
nWpxG TIL In 1376, the Pope excommunicated the entire Florentine government, banned the city from all religious activity, sanctioned florentine companies abroad by forbiding christians from dealing with them and made it legal for all christians, anywhere, to capture or enslave florentine citizens
ADMog TIL that Deland McCullough, former NFL player, and current RB coach for the Chiefs, was given up for adoption at birth in 1973. He found his birth mother in 2017. She told him the name of his father, who turned out to be his college coach and mentor throughout his adult life.
0XAv TIL since its release in 1975, The Rocky Horror Picture Show has made more than $365 Million at the box office, making it the 7th highest grossing R-rated film of all time.