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TIL Pixar film Cars (2006) earned $10 Billion in merchandising revenue, almost 22 times it's total box office gross

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lY5A TIL In 1924, German shoemaker Adolf Dassler let his brother, Rudolf, join his sports shoemaking company. During WWII, they grew to hate each other and in 1948, Rudolf started his own company across town. Adolf, aka Adi, changed his company’s name to Adidas; Rudolf started Puma.
WkZMX TIL an illegal number is a number that represents information which is illegal to possess, utter, propagate, or otherwise transmit in some legal jurisdiction
1JQV TIL in 2003, Kirk Jones drunkenly swam over the Niagara Falls, earning himself a $2,300 fine and a lifetime ban from Canada.
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