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TIL Robin Williams was instrumental in the early success of Audible as an investor and creator of the first weekly program

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8LGZ TIL that from 1985-2005, LAPD shot at more than 465 dogs, killing at least 200 and wounding at least 140. From 1990-2005, NYPD officers officers had shot at 803 dogs.
EKld TIL Raphael Ravenscroft the musician who played the saxophone melody on Gerry Rafferty’s Baker Street, was only paid £27 for his work and was ‘gutted’ when he first heard the playback because his saxophone was out of tune.
xVPpD Today I learned that Bryan Ware created the Crayon Initiative that collects used crayons from restaurants and melts them down to make new crayons for children's hospitals.
kJxRg TIL Roller Coasters were invented in 1884 to save Americans from Satanic temptations, following the uprise of saloons and brothels.
E1LW7 TIL the Chechen Wars of the 1990's had such a devastating economic effect on Chechnya that kidnapping became the main source of income countrywide, procuring over $200 million USD during a three-year period during the wars.