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TIL: There Are Only 25 Blimps on Earth

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OoAR6 TIL the TV show 'The Voice' heavily promotes the fact that the winner gets a free record deal. However, many of them get dropped shortly after signing. The winner of season 7 even admits none of the label executives knew who he was when he first entered the office shortly after winning.
4kV6g TIL That Chinese Checkers is neither a variation on checkers nor did it originate from Asia.
VB7jD TIL the principality of Monaco used to be much bigger but in 1848 its two largest cities (Menton and Roquebrune) seceded from Monaco as they wished to join Italy during the first war of Italian independence during the Risorgimento
9w7e7 TIL some dolphins have tried to mate with some swimmers and divers…
WkY14 TIL that Trey Parker and Matt Stone have made nearly 200 million dollars from Book of Mormon, approximately 19 million per month, which was enough money to start their own production company.