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TIL Bruce McMahan, a hedge fund billionaire who married his biological daughter and maintained a manipulative, adulterous, and incestuous relationship with her

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GAlvj TIL that in addition to being a drug cheat. Lance Armstrong is also been accused of being a technical cheat. It’s alleged he used a tiny motor on his bike. This is supported by video evidence of unusual recurring movements he made in races to engage the engine on the bike just before acceleration.
omDr TIL the price of the original iPod was $399, so expensive that people said iPod stood for “idiot’s Price Our Devices”.
awr5N TIL Elvis Presley's manager created and sold "I Hate Elvis" badges as a way to make money from people who weren't buying Elvis products
KY8o4 TIL that the word "juvenile" refers to any child, not just to children who have committed crimes.
4XG9J TIL The Tootsie Pop company has a award you can get for counting the number of licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll pop. The average is 600-800 licks but ranges from 100 to 5,800.