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TIL that Bob Marley shared his royalties with a soup kitchen so it would be able to stay open

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kJ4Q1 TIL that George Martin had planned for the Beatles to record their first album "Please Please Me" as a live album at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, even promoting the idea during an NME interview. The idea was scrapped after Martin visited the club and found it to be unsuitable for recording.
Lk8op TIL that the 20th Century Fox logo has a hidden sync mark. The flash in the bottom right at 0:11 lines up with the last beat before the finale. Editors & mixers use that to make sure the audio & picture are in sync.
jNOvn TIL Jeff Bezos paid more than $16,000 in parking tickets while renovating his DC mansion
KNLR TIL knife manufacturer, Victorinox, claims never to have had to lay off an employee. To avoid this they set aside profits during boom periods to supplement recessionary periods, as well as temporarily contracting employees to other companies as outsourced labour during recessions.
J17RV TIL about "Pimpernel" Smith, a 1941 movie about an adventuring archaeologist who freed concentration camp prisoners. The story inspired real-life rescue operations.