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TIL: The Recording Industry Association of America claimed damages due to online piracy against LimeWire totaling $75 trillion – more than the global GDP

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9w09M TIL the body has about 0.2 milligrams of gold (worth about $0.012 as of writing this). This small amount of gold is naturally present in the body and plays a role in maintaining joint health and facilitating electrical signal transmission. The total volume of gold purified is 10 nanoliters.
MevvW TIL that all undergraduate students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology must pass a swimming test before they can graduate.
MeWNa TIL That in 945, Igor of Kiev, while attempting to collect tributes from the neighboring Drevlians, was murdered by being attached to two bent birch trees, which when released in opposite directions, tore his body in half.
PYLPE TIL Fred from Scooby Doo has had the same voice actor from the very first episode, the only character with this distinction
La99 TIL that Rush Limbaugh was detained for prescription fraud when returning to the US with a bottle of Viagra that wasn’t in his name