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TIL despite the popularity of Rick Rolling, Rick Astley has only earned 12 dollars in royalties from YouTube for his performance share.

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KO0xG TIL marine biologist, Stephen Hillenburg, created an educational comic book about tide pool animals called "The Intertidal Zone" to help educate his students. In later years after becoming an animator he began developing those same characters and concepts for what became "SpongeBob Squarepants."
MeQkK TIL the present-day Washington State was originally called "Columbia", but Congress forced the name change to "Washington" in honor of George Washington and to avoid confusion with the nation's capital, the District of Columbia
6E0OX TIL... I learned that an honest FBI agent who investigated the 1996 Chinagate scandal who was not allowed to testify before Congress, was framed and jailed by an informant who was paid $500,000 to lie under oath - by the FBI.
9YlMM TIL Uri Geller believes Nintendo 'stole his identity' for the Pokemon Kadabra, and no agreement has yet been reached between the two parties. As a result, there has not been a Kadabra card released in the Trading Card Game since 2003
VB1YQ TIL The African Island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe has a 500 year tradition of drama called 'Tchiloli', where just one play, the 16th century 'The Tragedy of the Emperor Charlemagne and the Marquis of Mantua' is ever performed.