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TIL That in the aftermath of the Spanish-American war, Spain sold the Phillippines to the United States for $20 million.

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b617Q TIL that the notion that congenitally blind people can’t develop schizophrenia is a myth. There have been multiple confirmed cases of people born blind who were later also diagnosed with schizophrenia.
NXQyb TIL John Lennon openly plagiarized Chuck Berry's song "Can't Catch Me" to write "Come Together." When Paul McCartney called him out on the intellectual theft, Lennon responded, "Yeah, I know! It's good though, isn't it?" "Come Together" became a No. 1 hit and is considered a Beatles classic.
69mvQ TIL about Abebe Bikila. The first Ethiopian Olympic gold medalist, he won gold in the marathon at the 1960 Olympics while running barefoot, and again in 1964, making him the first athlete to successfully defend an Olympic marathon title. In 1969, he was paralysed and never walked again
66Vl TIL The inventor of laughing gas became addicted to chloroform and one day, delirious, rushed out into the street and threw sulfuric acid on people. When his mind cleared and he realized what he had done, he killed himself, blotting out the pain with chloroform.
0wJP1 TIL The Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi has been been freezing and storing blue-fin tuna. They expect prices to skyrocket once the blue-fin tuna is extinct. They will own the only remaining supply.