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TIL The city of New York has paid for many one-way plane tickets to help the homeless relocate, even overseas, if they have a guaranteed place to stay.

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ZPEQ TIL in 1959, the guy who wrote “Louie, Louie” sold the song’s rights for $750 to pay for his wedding. In the mid-80s, he was living on welfare with his mom in South Central LA, when a lawyer convinced him to take action to get the rights back. He settled out of court and became a millionaire.
AB1l TIL that Elephant Shrews are closer related to elephants than to shrews
1XlO TIL that the Fallout drug Med-X was originally called Morphine, but was renamed to avoid a ban of the game in Australia.
K0K4 TIL The Nazis banned and burned the book Bambi because they believed it was a “political allegory on the treatment of Jews in Europe.”
LkPZQ TIL Prince Philip of is worshipped by inhabitants of some villages on the island of Tanna, Vanuatu, holding feasts on his honour and having portraits of him