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TIL: In 49 states, inmates are charged for the costs of their own incarceration.

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16kYV TIL that "The Long and Winding Road", which was written by Paul McCartney, was offered to Tom Jones on the condition that he release it as his next single. In Jones' recollection, he was forced to turn it down since his record company were about to issue "Without Love" as a single.
6EdBw TIL Starbucks' "Frappucino" is a registered trademark that act as a sub-license out of the Netherlands. When you purchase a beverage, your money goes to pay a trademark fee, which Starbucks books as losses, and the entity in the Netherlands pays little to no tax on the trademark revenues.
R7Vvw TIL that the song Jeremy(Pearl Jam) is about Jeremy Wade Delle who walked into class and committed suicide in front of 31 people due to depression.
awLd9 TIL: more US soldiers died in the US Civil War than all other US wars combined, based on recent estimates
P0Pg TIL Hewlett and Packard tossed a coin to decide whether the company would be called Hewlett-Packard or Packard-Hewlett. Packard won the toss and put Hewlett’s name first.