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TIL despite being 8 times smaller, Spotify pays music artists twice as much as YouTube does. The music industry makes more money selling vinyl records than from YouTube.

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oR7rR TIL What is now Federal Triangle in DC was once a slum known as Murder Bay, and so many prostitutes were present to serve the needs of Civil War General Joseph Hooker's army it was also known as "Hooker's Division"
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e0PYL TIL - Switzerland is mostly Lutheran because Lutheran priests allowed the population to eat sausages during fasting period