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TIL that even though Bat Out of Hell is certified 14x platinum in the US, it never reached No. 1 on the Billboard 100.

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nemZG TIL that Cutter (a division of Bayer) knowingly sold blood tainted with the HIV virus to Taiwan, Malaysia, Argentina, China, and other "less developed countries", effectively infecting thousands of hemophiliacs with HIV.
QJ0aM TIL in Delaware a small building is the legal address for over 300,000 companies.
epPO4 TIL 1 in 3 preteens list influencing as a career goal
nekbd TIL that albatrosses outfitted with data trackers are being used to expose illegal fishing operations. The birds, which can fly thousands of miles, are drawn by the smell of fish. Their tracker then detects the radar from boats that have otherwise switched off their location reporting.
P11oE TIL that Roy Rogers' horse "Trigger" first appeared as Maid Marian's horse in the 1939 version of "The Adventures of Robin Hood" starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Haviland, The horse's original name was "Golden Cloud".