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TIL the real name of Shaggy from the Scooby-Doo series is Norville Rogers

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wLMV8 TIL when John Balson started off as a butcher in Dorset in 1535, Henry VIII was on the throne. Hundreds of years later, the Balson family continues to trade just a few streets away from where their first market stall was set up in Bridport. They are the oldest family business in UK.
YlmA TIL that in 2012 when Taylor Swift held a public vote for where she would visit and preform a free concert 4chan users voted for a childrens school for the deaf and won the vote.
JYVGk TIL that New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner once considered selling the team to James Dolan, owner of the New York Knicks
D1kyV TIL David Burtka the actor of Scooter in HIMYM is acutally the husband of Neil Patrick Harris who plays Barney in said series
GYVdQ TIL that former West Ham United chairman Björgólfur Guðmundsson was valued at $1.1 billion at the start of his tenure in 2007, and was the 1014th richest person in the world, according to Forbes. After owning the club for one year, his value dropped to $0 and he declared bankruptcy.