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TIL that, despite having 70+ million viewers, Reddit is actually not profitable and in the RED. Massive server costs and lack of advertising are the main issues.

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b9lg9 TIL that a former CBS anchor and Fox weatherman quit his job to become a gay porn star
4X8Ya TIL that there’s a scientist who won both Nobel and Ignobel prizes. Latter for levitating frogs, former for creation of graphene.
yQWpp TIL that Garth Brooks had an emo alter ego in 1999 called Chris Gaines
oBeMK TIL the author of Peter Pan gifted his rights to the story to a children’s hospital in 1929, which has benefited to this day.
0dP9L TIL about Delphia Welford, who died at age 117 in 1992 and who remains the validated African-American longevity recordholder up to this very day.