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TIL: 1,500 YouTube views count as an album sale in the US

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R7kL6 TIL Tony Hawk rejected Activision's buyout deal for the permanent use of his name and likeness on the original THPS game, but accepted a royalty deal in which he would earn a percentage of every copy of the game sold. He earned ten times the original offer within two years
0wlOv TIL Netherlands is so safe that jails are being closed due to the lack of criminals.
XEAw6 TIL that a Radio DJ played Wham's ‘Last Christmas’ 24 times in a row, after barricading himself in the studio
wLbrJ TIL The ability to count is universal in the animal kingdom. Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it. Domesticated dogs, though, not so much.
GYXy5 TIL one prisoner, who was spending his time at the Baltimore City Detention Center, ended up getting four female prison guards pregnant. Thanks to that, he made around $20,000 in smuggled items.