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TIL Playboy Magazine is now published quarterly instead of twelve times a year and updated its slogan from “Entertainment for Men” to “Entertainment for All". The company’s licensed products — from shampoo to backpacks — bring in over $1 billion annually

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98AB TIL that a man who lived across the road from the notorious suicide spot, the Gap, saved anywhere from 160 to 500 people over a 45 year period, earning the nickname ‘The Angel of the Gap’.
ANlPw TIL a 1,200 year old formula of garlic, onion, wine and ox bile worked to inhibit antibiotic-resistant bacteria
OoRrg TIL that, in 1837, forces from the Canadian militia, British Army, Royal Navy, US Army, and US Navy allied to defeat an invasion of Canada by a US-based paramilitary group seeking to overthrow British rule of Canada.
LQOMd TIL that when Rihanna visited Senegal in February 2018, a religious collective protested her visit on the grounds that she was a member of the Illuminati and Freemasons.
MeKQ8 TIL Robert Altman's 14-year-old son, Michael, wrote the lyrics to "Suicide is Painless" for his dad's movie MAS*H. When the movie was turned into a TV show, the song was used as the theme of the series and he earned over $1 million in royalties.