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TIL that Jay Penske, son of the founder of Penske Corporation, owns the media company that owns Rolling Stone, Variety, Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline Hollywood, Robb Report, IndieWire, TVLine, and the Golden Globes.

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b66AE TIL Astronomer Rudolf Wolf tried to estimate pi using a needle experiment. He conducted experiments throwing the needle 5000 times, obtaining a value of 3.1596
Q7Kk TIL Teddy Roosevelt enthusiastically supported the genocide of American Indians, who he perceived to be an ‘alien race’
YMod TIL Pepsi Cola once owned one of the largest submarine fleets in the world, all thanks to an exchange with the Soviet Union.
vPawR TIL actor Telly Savalas won a spelling bee in 1934 but due to an oversight, he did not receive his prize until 1991, when it was awarded to him by the Boston Harold and the school principal
7rEmx TIL that Hyperion is the only moon in the solar system that isn't tidally locked to its orbital parent