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TIL Grand Theft Auto was influenced by Pac-man

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Y7OnW TIL The Lion King musical is both: the highest-grossing musical theatre production ever at roughly $1.9 billion and also the highest-grossing musical theatre franchise ever with a global total of about $8.2 billion.
R7B16 TIL that Texas and Louisiana have ERA provisions in their state constitution, while New York, Minnesota and Vermont do not.
8d9P TIL in 1997 when Ellen’s infamous “coming out” episode aired on her sitcom, many high-profile advertisers pulled out from the show (including Wendy’s, permanently) and ABC added a “parental advisory” to all episodes aired thereafter
WkGvN TIL that Australia's first cops were all criminals. Our first police force was made up of 12 of the best behaved convicts.
wW0Y TIL that over 50 of the largest life insurance companies in the US are being sued for not paying claims on millions of policies. In many cases the insurers knew the client was deceased and continued collected premiums via policy loans which would cause them to lapse over time.