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TIL Aerosmith made more money from Guitar Hero: Aerosmith than any one of their albums.

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DB1V TIL that during the 1992 Los Angeles Riots Bill Cosby took to the airwaves of his local NBC station to urge people to stop rioting and instead watch the finale of The Cosby Show.
dDMd8 TIL that a man blew a hole in his colon by attempting to treat severe constipation with a toilet plunger.
XEg7P TIL of Didier Delsalle who is the only person to have landed a helicopter on the summit of Mount Everest.
4d4b TIL in January 1972, Ariel Sharon decided 3,000 Bedouin were in the way of a massive military exercise he wanted to conduct. So he summarily expelled two tribes from their homes, during a deep winter spell. At least 40 people died, mostly babies, children and the elderly.
m1vOO TIL that the Gummy Bear originated in Germany, where it was created by Hans Riegel, who started the Haribo Company in 1920. In 1922, Riegel invented the Dancing Bear gummy, inspired by bears seen at street markets in Europe. The Gold Bear product, the current gummy standard, was created in 1967.