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TIL: Amazon’s profits for its entire existence are still less than what ExxonMobil takes home every 2.5 weeks.

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mxmkY TIL Paul McCartney wrote the song "Let it be" during a period when the Beatles weren't sure how long would their success last. McCartney's mother, who had passed away from cancer when he was 14, came to him in a dream and reassured him saying: "It will be all right, just let it be"
4K9R TIL a critic reviewing LMFAO’s album “Sorry For Party Rocking” wrote that the songs are so persistent that “ if you ate a can of Alphabetti Spaghetti you could shit out more intelligent lyrics to a more pleasing tune”.
xVbok TIL of "The Human Library" : A project that allows you to go to a library and borrow/check out real people who have been through hard times and listen to their stories.
pdkA TIL that Nazi monuments were built of special materials so they would make aesthetically pleasing ruins
ner6W TIL Red vs. Blue is the second longest running web series of all time, behind only Homestar Runner