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TIL, John D. Rockefeller was the world's first Billionaire and it was his near-monopoly oil business in the USA that necessitated the federal and states governments to create Antitrust laws.

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l79nA TIL the first non-American actor to play Superman / Kal El was Lee Quigley. As the infant in the original 1978 movie he would later tragically die at the age of 14 after inhaling solvents
Oydg TIL in Norse mythology, Loki tied one end of a rope to a goat and the other end around his testicles and began a game of tug of war
EeWV TIL that Dick Stuart, one of the worst defensive players in baseball history, once recieved a standing ovation for successfully grabbing a loose hot dog wrapper out of the air.
pYObe TIL that a concussion doesn’t always cause unconsciousness. Most people never pass out. They may describe seeing all white, all black, or stars.
gJyb TIL that at its peak the Justinian Plague was reported to be killing 10,000 people in Constantinople daily.