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TIL that Mikhail Gorbachev, the man who oversaw the dismantling of the USSR, has said that the Chernobyl explosion was “perhaps the real cause of the collapse of the Soviet Union.”

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xdP1 TIL Barry Manilow wrote many famous jingles for companies like McDonald’s (You deserve a break today), State Farm (Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there!) and BandAids. (I am stuck on Bandaids, cause Bandaids are stuck on me!)
p4oZ TIL that Les Stroud claims he may have encountered a “bigfoot” on two occasions while filming Survivorman
xPVg TIL Sting receives approx $2000 per day from royalties for the song ‘Every Breath You Take’ and also 100% of the royalties from the P-Diddy remix 'I’ll Be Missing You’
78LOp Til that workers in every canadian province earn less than workers in the US.
4dRg TIL that Nacho Doritos were scientifically designed to be addictive by hitting every sensation as perfectly as possible.