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TIL Rick Astley only made $12 in royalties from the millions of YouTube views and videos from RickRolling.

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j68dX TIL for the first 2 years after Marla Gibbs got cast on The Jeffersons, she kept her job as a reservations agent at United Airlines. She would work at the CBS television studio during the day and then go to United Airlines, where she worked the night shift.
gr84W TIL: One of the largest charitable donations made by a lottery winner came from a man in Canada. Two years after his wife died from cancer, Tom Crist won the lotto and donated everything to organizations fighting the disease. Canada doesn't tax winnings, so Crist donated $40 million.
4XJr6 TIL during a 2006-2007 tour of Afghanistan one Royal Marine sniper managed to kill over 90 Taliban fighters in just one day.
Wky6A TIL Jadin Bell was a sophomore in high school, where he committed suicide due to excessive bullying. His father planned to walk across the country to spread awareness for bullying, where he was killed by a semi.
R70Nw TIL that the name of the city Des Moines may originate from an insult. According to one source, settlers asked the natives the name of a nearby, rival tribe, and were told it was Moingoana,which they shortened to Moines. In fact, Moingoana means "poopy-face".