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TIL the cast of Friends earned at least $88,460,000 over its 10 seasons. EACH. (This does not include syndication royalties negotiated from the 5th season onwards)

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1apdd TIL 'Weird Al' Yankovic recorded a parody of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way," entitled "Perform This Way," and all of the proceeds from the parody and its music video were donated to the Human Rights Campaign, to support the human rights themes of the original song.
Ydov TIL the first African-American female serial killer was Clementine Barnabet. In 1909-1912 she invaded homes in Texas and Louisiana and killed entire families with an axe. The bodies were then arranged as part of a “Voodoo” ritual connected to her mysterious evangelical church.
neBLY TIL Paul McCartney was arrested in 1973 for “illegal cultivation” after police found him growing cannabis on his farm in England. He claimed the seeds were from a fan and that he didn’t know what they were.
y4ra TIL a Brazillian billionaire announced, inspired by the Egyptian Pharaohs, that he will bury his $450,000 car with him. After receiving anger reactions from the media he posted: “It’s absurd to bury something much more valuable than a Bentley: your organs. I am an organ donor. And you?”
loQk7 TIL Dog Poop Girl (2005) is one of the first reported occurrences of doxing (publicly broadcasting private or identifying information). A young woman's dog pooped in a train. She refused to pick it up despite requests. Pictures were shared in Korea. She was publicly shamed and quit university.