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TIL the US Justice Department reached a settlement with BP over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. But the settlement turned out to be tax-deductible, meaning that BP could write off $13+ billion of the penalty.

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a65M TIL Tom from Myspace cracked the Chase Manhattan Bank computer system at 14. He was the target in one of the largest FBI raids in California history. He got off because of his age.
wLpPM TIL at the time of the dinosaurs, Earth completed one rotation in about 23 hours.
Y7VPP TIL Til Schweiger refused to wear Nazi uniform for his role Sergent Hugo Stiglitz because he didn't want to do anything with Germany's Nazi past. He wore it only after Quentin Tarantino told him that he would be killing Nazis in the film.
xge0 TIL the pockets on men’s dress clothing are often sewn shut to preserve aesthetics during transport to, and display in, the store. These are functional pockets that can be opened up and are not fake pockets as many assume.
oJar TIL That Nintendo and Sony were partnering to make an add-on CD drive to the Super NES but then Nintendo broke the agreement, causing Sony to take the add-on and make their own system - the Playstation