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TIL Craigslist makes its money by charging $25 for job postings in six of its largest U.S. markets, $75 for job listings in San Francisco, and by assessing a $10 fee for brokered apartment listings in New York City.

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4XNwN TIL J. Edgar Hoover was made aware of the planned attacks on Pearl Harbour on three separate occasions, one of which was by Duško Popov, a triple agent during WWII
wLXe1 TIL that the tallest man of all time was Robert Wadlow @ 2.72m or 8 ft 11. He was asked if it bothers him that people stare, and he answered "No, I just overlook them."
yVW6J TIL That John Quincy Adams partially blinded himself looking directly at an eclipse in 1791
1aYjr TIL when Monkee Michael Nesmith offered his song "Different Drum" for the group, the producers of their TV show, who had control over the material, turned it down, it would go on to be one of the first major hits for singer Linda Ronstadt and her band the Stone Poneys