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TIL All of Michael Jackson's Dangerous tour profits which were over $125 million were donated to various charities

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e0Z16 TIL of Frank Bourne, the last survivor of the Battle of Rorke's Drift. At 22 he was the youngest Colour Sergeant in the British Army at the time. He ultimately reached the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and died aged 91 in 1945, on VE Day
Pxvg TIL that there is an extension for chrome called “Nickelblock”; It’s like adblock, except it blocks everything Nickelback
MjAB TIL a second is called a second because it is the second division of the hour by 60, the first being a minute.
rR04e TIL the first woman didn't run a mile in under 5 minutes until 1954. Today, most good high school track runners easily run a mile in under 5 minutes.
OopXg TIL that the same car (a 1907 Contal Mototri) that finished the Peking to Paris race in 1907 finished the motor rally again in 2019.