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TIL that Tiger Woods’ affairs led to an estimated shareholder loss of $5-12 billion due to dropped sponsorship deals.

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wLBy1 TIL the famous image of musician Johnny Cash flipping the bird came about as a result of his frustration that a TV crew from the UK filming his performance in San Quentin prison were between him and the audience and wouldn't “clear the stage” upon him asking them to do so...
kJYO7 TIL Panasonic software developed a computer program 'Secret Writer's Society' to teach kids to write. Due to a bug in the code, double clicking 'Read' instead of reading back what you wrote, would instead read back the swear filter.
1QB4 TIL of Jeffrey Stockbridge, a photographer who takes pictures of prostitutes and drug-addicts from Kensington, a neighborhood in Philadelphia known for its drug abuse.
nenEY TIL that when Al Capone discovered that three of his men were conspiring against him, he invited them over for dinner. After a night of drinking, Capone beat the men with a baseball bat and then ordered his bodyguards to shoot them, a scene that was included in the 1987 film The Untouchables.
W70w4 TIL Clarence J. Walker was the first African-American collegiate basketball player to appear in a post-season tournament while playing for coach John Wooden at Indiana State University