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TIL Spotify CEO, Daniel Ek, has been the CEO of uTorrent.

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XE68k TIL of John the Posthumous; a French king who ruled for the 5 days he lived in 1316. He was the youngest person to become King of France, the only one to be king from birth, and the only one to hold the title for his entire life. He has the shortest reign of any French king.
16OL4 TIL in early 2000 when Eminem submitted The Marshall Mathers LP to label boss Jimmy Iovine, he was unsatisfied & said that it didn't have a hit single. In direct response to this, Em created the album's second single "The Way I Am" with the track's piano rhythm even coming to him on the plane home.
VMowQ TIL of Elizabeth of Russia. She received little education, no one wanted to marry her because her mother was a peasant, & her finacé was murdered. Regardless, when she became Empress of Russia she built the University of Moscow, the Winter Palace, & would pay the dowry of future brides.
edw4 TIL a man tried to open his own bank. Offering savers 5% interest, cheap loans, and all profits being given to charity. Instead, big banks complained and he was refused his banking license.
wPLo TIL that by removing the amygdala from the brain, a person stops feeling fear.