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TIL Rick Astley has made a grand total of $12 from the RickRoll video

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Wkd6A TIL in 1959, rather than integrate, Prince Edward County in Virginia closed all of their public schools for FIVE YEARS. White children attended state-subsidized "private schools". No provision was made for educating the county's black children.
Ao8l TIL Microsoft saved Apple from bankruptcy by investing $150 million into Apple by purchasing non-voting shares in the struggling company at the time.
78WAO TIL - According to a 2009 Sports Illustrated article, 60 percent of former NBA players are broke within five years of retirement. By the time they have been retired for two years, 78% of former NFL players have gone bankrupt or are under financial stress
R5xGQ TIL that Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass are both buried in the same cemetery in Rochester, New York.
R5DJ7 TIL the U.S. Navy used side paddle wheel aircraft carriers during WWII.