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TIL in 2008, Bebo the popular social network was bought from its creators by AOL for $850 million dollars. It was then run into the ground and after 5 years the site filed for bankruptcy and was sold back to the original creators for $1 million dollars.

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JY9P1 TIL that owls have legit legs under their coats.
b6n54 TIL in a soccer penalty kick shootout, the team kicking FIRST wins 60% of the time.
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yVWNl TIL John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, had slept on the same bed that a month later would become the President's deathbed