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TIL Michael Jackson was $500 million in debt when he died. However since his death he's made a profit, being one of the highest earning dead celebrities in the world.

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n0yB TIL the Big Bang was initially rejected as a theory of the universe because of its “religious” implications and its origins; the originator of the theory was a Catholic priest.
9w5pD TIL That, in 2006 Dr. Phil Mcgraw's license to practice psychology was revoked. As a result, every visitor to his TV program is required to sign a contract specifying that they are there solely to get "advice" from a single person, not a psychologist.
6EaGW TIL that Paris gets its name from the Parisii, a sub-tribe of the Celtic Senones, who between 250 and 225 BC, settled on the banks of the Seine, built bridges and a fort, minted coins, and began to trade with other river settlements in Europe
VMGgp TIL in 1918, microbiologist Alice Catherine Evan warned that raw milk should be pasteurized to protect people from various diseases. She was met with skepticism, particularly because she was a woman and did not have a Ph.D. During the 1920s, scientists around the world made the same findings
P1x7J TIL that when a hermit crab outgrows its shell but finds one that's too big for it, it will wait for other hermit crabs to arrive and test out the shell. The crabs line up from smallest to largest so that all of them can exchange shells (though fights over the shells may occur)