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TIL that Baby Shark Reportedly Made $22 Billions With Over 13 Billion Views

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rREbe TIL When Albert Grossman, Janis Joplin's manager, learned about her substance abuse, he decided to buy insurance worth $200k on her life instead of confronting her about her habit.
nOao TIL a squadron of F-22 Raptors, the most advanced fighter jet in the world, suffered computer crashes due to crossing the international date line
8e8XX TIL the USPS strike of 1970 was one of the largest wildcat strikes in US history. The workers got true collective bargaining rights, better working conditions, and fair pay after only 8 days striking
wbv7 TIL Some cultures speak in geographic, not egocentric terms, giving them superhuman orientation. Instead of asking you to “shift left” a little bit, they would request you “slide a little to the east” (or whatever the applicable direction was)
AXed TIL due to its popularity with Muslims, until 1600 church leaders were calling coffee “the bitter invention of Satan”. Upon tasting coffee Pope Clement VIII declared, “This devil’s drink is so delicious…we should cheat the devil by baptizing it.”