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TIL: Mariah Carey makes up to $3.8 million per year from 'All I Want For Christmas'

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GEQg TIL at 13, Molly Kelly an Aboriginal girl was forcibly removed from her family and sent to a government institution to become a domestic servant. She escaped and walked 1000 miles home across the outback. From 1905-1971 Australian authorities forcibly removed thousands of indigenous children
V718 TIL Bernie Madoff will be released from jail on November 14, 2139, 130 years 279 days from his conviction date in 2009
JD7B TIL: According to the United Nations, there are only 17 Non-self Governing Territories in the world. The United Kingdom controls 10 of them. The United States controls three.
5VQpQ TIL beneath the Puerto Rico Trench is a mass so dense it has a gravitational pull on the surface of the ocean, causing it to dip somewhat. The Trench is also associated with the most negative gravity anomaly on earth, -380 milliGal, which indicates the presence of an active downward force.
DRP TIL Every time you enter a captcha, you’re helping digitize a book