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TIL Richard Branson started Virgin Air by putting up a sign when his plane was cancelled, selling tickets. He used the money raised from the tickets to rent an airplane.

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16rJP TIL that the AC/DC song "Whole Lotta Rosie" was written about an obese Tasmanian woman, with whom the frontman had a one-night stand with. Rosie’s identity remain unknown until 2021, when she was identified as Rosie Garcia, who died in 1979. This year, a photo of her was released for the first time.
7enZ TIL that Reagan, suffering from Alzheimers, would clean his pool for hours without knowing his Secret Service agents were replenishing the leaves in the pool
awNBy TIL Marvel comics filed for bankruptcy in 1996
wL1yP TIL of John II of France, who was captured by the English, in the Hundred Years War, and held hostage in London. An exchange of hostages occurred, with his son, Louis, taking his place. When John II was informed that Louis had escaped from captivity, he voluntarily returned to England as a hostage.
OG6d1 TIL Italian filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni made a documentary about China that angered the CCP so much, they carried out an anti-Antonioni campaign that included televised denouncements, nationwide written criticisms and even anti-Antonioni songs taught to schoolchildren