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TIL MySpace in July 2005 was bought for $580 Million by Rupert Murdoch. In 2011, it was sold for $35 Million.

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M7yPK TIL the longest recorded sniper kill was made last year by Ukrainian, Vyacheslav Kovalsky, taking out a Russian soldier from 2.36 miles away using a custom rifle called "Lord of the Horizon." This feat breaks the previous record held by a Canadian sniper at 2.2 miles in Iraq.
p6VO TIL The ‘Technocracy’ movement seek to revolutionize the social structure and create a society without crime, debt, or war. This trough replacing politicians with scientists and engineers, politics with science, and make North America a self-sufficient continent.
epjDb TIL that the French have their own version of "Saturday Night Live", created by putting "Le" in front of the name.
w8Y6 TIL a Rolex watch was strapped to the hull of the Trieste submersible when it dove the Mariana Trench. It survived the 35,700 foot descent, ticking the whole way.
D1K6g TIL Christine Cavanaugh, the voice of Dexter (of Dexter's Laboratory), Gosalyn (Darkwing Duck), Chuckie (Rugrats) and Babe (the pig) died in her home of "undisclosed causes" and was cremated at the age of 51.