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TIL: Melbourne, Australia gave some of its trees email addresses so residents could report problems. Instead, the trees received love letters.

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Z84EG TIL in 1996, David Bowie released the first downloadable song by a major artist (it took 11 minutes to download). He later launched an ISP (BowieNet) to compete with AOL. Subscribers to the dial-up service were offered exclusive content, as well as an email address and "uncensored" Internet access.
4k9rR Today I learned crazy vocabulary from this young kid
N79Ge TIL about Percy Ross, who for 17 years used a syndicated column called "Thanks a Million" to share his fortune with people who wrote in with good sob stories and in 1980, he offered $50 million to Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini in exchange for the U.S. hostages.
rXN4 TIL Coolio was robbed by his “fans” at a concert in England. They all moved when he attempted to stage dive and then stole his shoes, jewelry, and accessories.
ZpXgR TIL that after 5 years undercover in the Mafia, Joseph Pistone (aka “Donnie Brasco”) earned a $500 bonus from the FBI and a $500,000 kill bounty ($1.7M today) from the Mob