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TIL Van Gogh's The Starry Night actually includes the planet Venus in the night sky depiction

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gwp7 TIL Jerome Iginla donates $2,000 to charity for every goal he scores. He has scored over 500 career goals and donated more than $700000 in 2000 to 2013.
j6mX TIL Ethiopia has banned Skype, Google Talk, and all other VoIP services
rR0B4 TIL The industry standard microphone for live vocal performances (ie, concerts) is the Shure SM58, first released in 1966 and retailing for only $100.
Oo547 TIL: In 1855 the mayor of Los Angeles, Stephen Foster, convinced a mob to not kill an accused murderer, but to try him in a court of law. When the accused man was acquitted, the mayor resigned and led a lynch mob to kill the man. He was re-elected a year later.
41Lg TIL, Stella Lieback, the woman who sued McDonald’s over split hot coffee was 79 at the time, suffered 3rd degree burns and spent over a week in the hospital requiring skin grafts and other treatments. She only sued McDonalds so they could cover all medical expenses, they offered a paltry $800.