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TIL that American Rapper, 50 cent, made most of his fortune not from rapping but from an investment/stake in Vitamin Water before its sale from Glaceau to Coca-Cola making 10 times more money than he had ever made rapping

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mxJPP TIL around 2.5 billion years ago, the Oxygen Catastrophe occurred, where the first microbes producing oxygen using photosynthesis created so much free oxygen that it wiped out most organisms on the planet because they were used to living in minimal oxygenated conditions
v1mAL TIL about Missouri Compromise. It determined that in states located south of the 36°30' parallel, slavery was allowed. Every time the United States expanded west, two states would be created, one pro-slavery in the south and other anti-slavery in the north to keep the balance of power.
ADwJl TIL Every Easter in the Czech Republic boys get willow branches, braid them together into whips and decorate them with ribbons to whip girls with for luck and fertility. The word for this whip in Czech is pomlázka, which has also become the name of the tradition itself.
YpnAP TIL ‎Mr. Rogers made Friday the 13th l‎ess scary for children by naming the puppet who ruled the Neighborhood of Make Believe "King Friday XIII (13th)" --- and regardless of the month or frequency, every Friday the 13th was celebrated as King Friday’s birthday (see video starting at 0:45)
OGKn4 TIL that Lee Greenwood - singer and writer of "God Bless the USA" - wrote a Canadian version called "God Bless Canada." The music is identical, with a few changes to the lyrics