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TIL Bill Murray was apparently forced to promote the new Ghostbusters movie under threat of lawsuit (according to leaked Sony emails)

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M77L7 TIL about “The Open Veins of Latin America,” a seminal historical analysis on resource exploitation since the Conquistadors, and how precious metal mining for bullets and aircraft feeds the Northern hemisphere’s depletion of resources and people from the Rio Grande to the Amazon
jB6M TIL in 1913, Argentina was the world’s 10th wealthiest nation per capita, the country’s income per head was on a par with that of France and Germany, and far ahead of Italy or Spain
AaNn TIL that the vikings were warrior-poets, and poetry was considered a gift from Odin himself.
aw0Zy TIL the FBI sent MLK a letter urging him to commit suicide
vP5nr TIL 'Monkey', a puppet character in Britain. It's a rare mascot that outlived the product (digital TV) it promoted, and reused for totally different product (tea).