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TIL that Prince wrote The Bangles’ 1986 hit “Manic Monday”. It was rumored by various writers that Prince gave the song to The Bangles rhythm guitarist Susanna Hoffs so that she would sleep with him.

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wnaM TIL Emir of Qatar donated $100 million to New Orleans intended to help rebuild housing, hospitals and schools after Hurricane Katrina.
DQ1P TIL a cargo ship, abandoned by it’s crew in Alaska in 1931 after being trapped in pack ice, drifted empty near Alaska for nearly forty years, and may still be afloat somewhere on the ocean.
4XV8R TIL A 19 yr old pizza delivery boy helped save a man's life by performing CPR on the customer who was turning blue outside the house. When returning, he said, "I left a pizza boy and came back a pizza man." His tip was 25 bucks.
KOVe9 TIL in 1972 David Duke was charged with stealing campaign funds he had raised for presidential candidate George Wallace. He was also charged with filling glass containers with a flammable liquid, banned under a New Orleans ordinance. Both charges were eventually dropped.
j69LX TIL there were vacuum cleaners before electricity was common. They were manually pumped while vacuuming.