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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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QND6L TIL Jerry Ross was the first human to be launched into space seven times, a world record that Ross now shares with one other NASA astronaut
VBZo0 TIL that the band New Radicals only released one studio album and disbanded in 1999 as they were tired of touring and promotional duties. They reunited briefly in 2024 to record 2 songs, one of which was a cover of "Murder on the Dancefloor", a song that was co-written by their lead vocalist.
yZve TIL in 2001, singer Aaliyah and her entourage insisted that their plane flew with roughly 700 pounds more than the planes maximum take-off weight. It crashed 60 metres from the runway, killing everyone onboard.
Ok07 TIL the second longest running animated show in the US is the PBS show “Arthur”, about Arthur the Aardvark
rR44M TIL Burger King is called Hungry Jack’s in Australia because of a single restaurant in Adelaide called Burger King