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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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OGnP4 TIL Hot-dog diplomacy -- a “soft-power” tactic of American international relations -- started when First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt planned a picnic lunch for King George VI of Great Britain's official state visit in 1939. King George apparently asked for seconds and washed it all down with beer.
QNRG9 TIL that in 2019, a 65-year-old man in Colorado robbed a bank, threw the money into the street while shouting "Merry Christmas!", and then calmly waited for the police at a nearby Starbucks.
rRydW TIL that the word “soybean” is named after soy sauce, not the other way around.
Xv18 TIL that “New Car Smell” is actually a dangerous cocktail of hundreds of toxic chemicals
OGnaa TIL the average gas pump handle is almost 12,000 times dirtier than the average public toilet seat.