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TIL the foundation Wikimedia had $127 million of revenue in 2020 and expenses totaling $112 million. The foundation also has a $100 million endowment.

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QN7xa TIL that some celebrities refuse to sign in blue ink, believing it can be forged more easily. This was historically a thing, but with modern technology, the risk of forgery is not dependent on the ink color, but soley on the quality of the ink and paper used.
5V1Y9 TIL: That on December 19, 1983, Jodie Foster was detained by U.S. customs agents at Logan International Airport for possessing a single gram of cocaine. She was charged with a misdemeanor and placed on one year's probation.
p8bZN TIL about Princess Alexandria of Bavaria, who believed she had swallowed a glass grand piano when she was a child that could shatter at any time — and she was not the only royal with this delusion.
6WEW TIL in 1920 a horse-drawn wagon filled with explosives was blown up on Wall Street in NYC, killing 38 people and injuring hundreds. The perpetrators were never caught.
X9ZX TIL that in 1972 John Wojtowicz attempted to rob a bank in Brooklyn after being inspired by Al Pacino’s performance in ‘The Godfather’, only to be portrayed by Al Pacino himself in 1975’s 'Dog Day Afternoon’