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TIL After Nipplegate, Janet Jackson was blacklisted from Viacom’s properties, including VH1/MTV/CBS/Clear Channel Radio stations, uninvited from the Grammys, lost acting gigs, and had a statue of Mickey wearing her Rhythm Nation outfit taken down at Disney World

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GYM5Q TIL that the Corinth Canal's construction was started in the first century but abandoned and completed only in 1893
V8mQ TIL a 75 year old woman went into a Comcast office in 2007 and smashed it up with a hammer. Apparently she stated she had no regrets.
4X0Zb TIL that in 1904 an elephant named Alice escaped from Coney Island and was found by startled fishermen near Staten Island, a six-mile swim away
N0Q TIL the minimum wage in Australia is almost $16/hour
mxy5y TIL of Dick Assman, a Canadian gas station employee whose name made him a celebrity in 1995. David Letterman, learning of him, was amused by Assman's name and made him nightly feature on the show. As his fame grew polling showed that 49 percent of Canadians in September 1995 had heard of him.