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woMn8 TIL Paul Newman started his own salad dressing company back in 1982. He would then go on to donate 100% of the profits to multiple charities
8aY1Z TIL — $99,999,999.99 is the largest check the Internal Revenue Service will accept. Multiple checks must be written for tax payments of $100 million or more.
e090n TIL that prog-rock group Emerson, Lake & Palmer have a live album called "Live at the Mar Y Sol Festival". In the original liner notes, it says the festival happened in "Vega Baja, San Juan." However, Vega Baja is not in San Juan. Also, the festival took place in Manati, a different area altogether.
8aJYa TIL that there is no closed formula that can be used to exactly find perimeter of a Ellipse like a circle or square. We can only approximate it values.
b9G5a TIL in The Land Before Time, the dinosaur Rooter consoles Littlefoot after his mother dies. This scene was added at the advice of psychologists to soften the blow, showing that death is something that Littlefoot, and the audience, have to deal with.