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TIL that there’s a satirical news website in Romania called “Times New Roman”

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1apaV TIL that despite the NFL making more than $9 billion annually, projected to make more than $25 billion a year by 2027, pays its CEO more than $30 million a year, 68% of NFL stadium construction costs since 1923 coming from taxpayer money.
BgRXk TIL about ''Orange, Red, Yellow'', a painting that sold for $86,882,500
KYgZQ TIL the first publicly transmitted live trans-Atlantic program was broadcast via the Telstar satellite on July 23, 1962, at 3:00 pm EDT with Walter Cronkite as one of the main presenters in the multinational broadcast that included the Statue of Liberty and Eiffel Tower.
k0pB TIL removing earwax with Q-tips makes our ears dirtier, and can cause itchiness and infections
yXWe TIL that Stephen Hawking’s second wife, who was also his nurse, was rumored to have physically and mentally abused him, including refusing him access to a urine bottle so he would be forced to wet himself.