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TIL the company that made Candy Crush was acquired for 5.9 billion while Lucasfilm was purchased by Disney for only 4 billion.

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l7avK TIL In the early 1830's, Britain borrowed nearly 5% of their GDP to pay reparations to slave owners after passing the Slavery Abolition Bill to compensate them for "lost property".
QN9JM TIL that when the Fox TV channel began showing pro football in 1994, network executives had to promise the NFL and reporters that Bart Simpson would not be a commentator during games
eYnb TIL nearly 50% of A.I. researchers believe that progress in their field will result in significant job loss on a global scale within the next 20 years.
PY7Wn TIL that the actor who played Wong in the Avengers movies is actually named Benedict Wong
xV9p7 TIL that Robert Downey Jr. only got clean because his girlfriend (now wife) saw him on drugs, then gave him an ultimatum of quitting or losing her. He stopped at a Burger King on the coast and threw his drugs in the ocean. She is now known around Hollywood as "the Miracle That Saved Robert Downey."