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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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Wk8GA TIL of Arvīds Blūmentāls, a rumored prototype for Crocodile Dundee and Latvian Baron who deserted the Waffen-SS for the Foreign Legion before relocating to Australia. He hunted 10,000 crocodiles with his bare hands and lived in a hillside dugout so bizarre it was used in Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome.
R7Yrl TIL about GhostTunes. It was Garth Brooks' answer to not being able to carve out a satisfactory deal with the streaming platforms to showcase his music. Lasted less than 3 years and was eventually sold to Amazon where Brooks' entire catalog is exclusively available now.
rRb5M TIL that broiler chickens raised for breeding must be feed-restricted to prevent them from becoming overweight. One study found that 20% of birds allowed to eat as much as they wanted either died or had to be killed because of severe illness between 11 and 20 weeks of age.
x6BB5 TIL that the Praetorian Guard auctioned off the throne of the Roman Empire to the highest bidder.
LwRv TIL “Judas” goats helped eradicate invasive goats in the Galápagos Islands. These goats are sterilized, GPS tracked, and given hormones to attract other goats so that armed hunters could kill all the goats from a helicopter, but leave the Judas goats alive so they could be used to find more goats.