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TIL in 2016, seven years after his death, Michael Jackson made $825 million.

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ne5yr TIL donuts were invented in New York and were originally called "Oily Cakes". The name later changed to Donut because nuts were added to the middle because the center would not cook properly.
xVLKg TIL that when 13-year-old Ryan White got AIDS from a blood donor in 1984, he was banned from returning to school by a petition signed by 117 parents. An auction was held to keep him out, a newspaper supporting him got death threats, and his family left town when a gun was fired through their window.
rMRy TIL: Adults are unable to visit LEGOLAND Discovery Center unless they are accompanied by at least 1 child in their group.
p8YlN TIL as a child, martial arts actor Jet Li was asked by Richard Nixon to be his personal bodyguard. Li replied, "I don't want to protect any individual. When I grow up, I want to defend my one billion Chinese countrymen!"
aN5b TIL that as a teenager, Lou Reed’s parents made him undergo electroshock therapy 3 times a week in an attempt to cure him of his bisexuality