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TIL the oldest company in the world, founded in year 578, went bankrupt and got sold in 2006.

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m1OWR TIL that Volleyball is estimated to be the sport with the second most participants in the world
KOyxJ TIL about Augustus Agar, a Royal Navy officer with a wild 37 year career: he sunk a Soviet cruiser using a torpedo fired from a small boat, was knighted for spying, captained the Royal Yacht, smuggled £2 million in gold to Canada, and was pulled so deep by a sinking ship that he got the bends.
QKge TIL Heath Ledger’s portrayal of “The Joker” scared Michael Cain so much, he forgot his lines.
6E77W TIL a man who was in a coma for 10 years gradually began recovering due to his hatred of Barney and Friends, which was shown repeatedly at the special care center he was staying in.
KOAPE TIL that in 1955, the Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo company leader Akio Morita explained that the company name would be difficult to pronounce in foreign lands. Changing it to Sony Corporation would allow them to expand worldwide.