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TIL Aerosmith earned more money from Guitar Hero than from their albums.

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6EvwQ TIL that during the Irish Potato Famine, the poor were hired for useless construction projects called 'famine follies' in order to provide them with work that would not take existing work away from other workers. These included roads in the middle of nowhere, between two seemingly random points.
1ZXd TIL despite poor health which lead to his eventual death, Raúl Juliá was eager to portray M. Bison in the 1994 movie Street Fighter because his children were fans of the video game franchise and he would get to spend more time with them. It was his last major film role.
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Ove1 TIL that the SriLankan Airlines president sacked the CEO after he refused to move business class passengers to economy to give their seats to the airline’s president’s family. He appointed his brother-in-law instead, who lacked experience. In 7 years the airline accumulated US$875 million in losses
69dJ TIL that one member of Pussy Riot band, participated in a public orgy in 2008 while being pregnant.