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TIL Michael Jackson is estimated to have donated more than $500 million to charity and the Guinness Book of World Records cited him for holding the world record for the “Most Charities Supported by a Pop Star.”

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K7ga TIL Michael Keaton wasn’t surprised that he was cast as Batman as he initially believed the movie would be like the 1960s tv version with Adam West and only later learned that Batman was a much darker character
9lLp TIL In the Middle Ages, men who wanted a boy sometimes had their left testicle removed because it was believed that the right testicle made “boy” sperm and the left made “girl” sperm.
16wO8 TIL Charles Guiteau, the assassin of US president James A. Garfield, was rejected from a utopian group marriage community, and they nicknamed him Charles Gitout. The community eventually became the Oneida silverware company.
X0Kkk TIL that flying the Union Flag upside down can be taken as a distress signal or even an insult. It has a correct way up (St Andrew’s white above St Patrick’s red), should never be flown dirty or torn, needs no permission in the UK, and can be flown at night if lit.
VMWVQ TIL around 15% of active Twitter accounts are social bots. This means there are nearly 48 million accounts that are not controlled by humans.