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TIL A $400+ pair of Beats By Dre costs about $14 to make.

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0wA5v TIL that Eminem was sued by his grade school bully for defamation in the song “Brain Damage.” However the judge ruled in Eminem’s favor with a 10 stanza footnote rap that ended with “It is therefore this court’s ultimate position, that Eminem is entitled to summary disposition.”
e07EE TIL Red 'Delicious' apples taste horrible because farmers chose to modify the fruit for beauty over taste, such as having thicker skin to hide bruises and dents.
P1OrO TIL of how thousands died from methanol poisoning via tainted industrial alcohol during U.S. Prohibition, thanks to the total absence of liquor regulation.
PJYe TIL Rupert Grint is so bad at saying no to fans that he once ended up dressed in full drag (including heels and feather boa) going to get a bagel with a group of drag queens at 4am.
8elM8 TIL: Narnia is/was a real place in the Roman Empire