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TIL that Lionel Messi was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency at age 10, and FC Barcelona agreed to pay for his treatment, even writing his first contract on a napkin.

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QJ9d9 TIL that in 2002 Keiko, the killer whale from Free Willy, was finally freed after over two decades in captivity. He died a year later, having become too dependent on humans to survive on his own.
grZoA TIL that the attine ant species invented agriculture long before humans, and have entire gardens of fungus in their nests
ZOAo TIL that at the 2:58 mark in the song “Hey Jude”, Paul McCartney hits the wrong key on the piano and says “Fucking Hell”. John Lennon suggested that they keep it into the song, and so they dropped it into a low register. You can still hear it in the song to this day.
9wMoX TIL that George Lucas sued to stop the use of ‘Star Wars’ as a nickname for Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative. He lost.
9e1r TIL: US energy subsidies for the fossil fuel companies cost the US taxpayers 5.3 Trillion dollars, or 6.5% of total Global GDP.