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TIL that the movie 'The Blues Brothers' had a cocaine budget

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jy5N TIL Firestone funded warlord Charles Taylor in Liberia in order to have access to their rubber plantation. Taylor considered Firestone their most significant source of funds for the war.
awNbJ TIL of the Giant Moa, a flightless bird twice as tall as a person and as heavy as a panda. It went extinct in the 16th century
R7o01 TIL after Boeing pressured the US Government to impose a 300% tariff on imports of Bombardier CSeries planes, Bombardier sold a 50.01% stake in the plane to Boeing's main competitor, Airbus, for 1 Canadian dollar.
n759 TIL that each year on April Fools Day, James Randi gives an award to expose frauds called the Pigasus Award.
6EEeY TIL that Osama bin Laden's computer, alongside popular movies like Charlie Bit My Finger, it also had a 9/11 truther video