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TIL Issac Hayes’s “Chocolate Salty Balls (P.S. I Love You)”, reached number-one on the UK singles chart and also on the Irish singles chart.

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npyr TIL that during the time Jack Johnson (the first black world champion heavyweight boxer) was incarcerated in Leavenworth, he modified a wrench for tightening loosened fastening devices and received a patent for his improvements on April 18, 1922, known as US Patent 1,413,121.
Np1Q TIL fans of Grand Theft Auto mapped the entire GTA5 world using the promotional videos and stills released prior to the game’s release
pYnaQ TIL the movie Idiocracy (2006) had a budget of $2.4 million and only made $500k at the box office. “Beset by a low budget and no advertising support from 20th Century Fox, Idiocracy almost didn’t happen at all. The fact that it exists is a miracle.”
J8QV TIL in 1992 an Australian gambling syndicate bought almost all the combinations in a Virginia lottery and won, turning a $5M purchase into a $27M winnings
dDawr TIL that Kurt Cobain trolled the attendees at a concert by playing the opening chords to “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, but never actually performing the entire song, after misogynistic chants were thrown at an all-female band, Calamity Jane, earlier in the show.