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TIL More Commodore 64s have been sold than any other model of computer.

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QJkoL TIL An Army dentist drilled the message "Remember Pearl Harbor" in Morse code inside Gen. Hideki Tojo's dentures while the general was imprisoned in occupied Japan for war crimes.
Mexpa TIL Nancy Holten, a Dutch vegan and animal rights activist, applied for a Swiss passport but her application was rejected because the locals found her too annoying. Holten had campaigned against the use of cowbells in the village and her actions annoyed the locals.
Emlp TIL that when Cristiano Ronaldo was asked to donate his cleats for a charity auction benefitting 10-year old Erik Ortiz Cruz, who had a brain disorder that can cause 30 seizures a day, he instead paid the whole $83K for his surgery.
e0ZVk TIL A Filipino politician Reynaldo Dagsa, photographed his own assassination, 2011
50L8 TIL: Between 255 and 320 “General Lee” cars were used and mostly destroyed during the filming of the Dukes of Hazard TV show.