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69Pnl TIL the 1992 Super Bowl halftime show caused viewership of the game on CBS to decrease by 22%. So the following year, the NFL asked Michael Jackson to perform. The half time show was a major success, marking the first time in Super Bowl history that ratings increased between halves during the game.
yVoEw TIL: In 2021, a 30-year-old Brazilian man was fishing with two friends at a lake in Brazil, when the group was attacked by bees. The man and his friends jumped into the lake to escape the bees, but the Brazilian man drowned and was partially eaten by piranhas; his friends survived.
wNaE TIL Doritos were invented at Disneyland to help curb costs of leftover tortillas.
VBEDG TIL the reason why Kinder Surprise eggs are banned in the US is because of an old law that prohibits non-nutritive things being added to food (and not because the toys were a choking hazard)
lov4K TIL Even though Friends ended in 2004 it continues to generate approximately $1 billion each year for Warner Bros. That translates into about $20 million in annual residuals each for the main 6 actors, who each get 2% of syndication income.