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TIL that the sale of ".ai" domain names totaled about 1% of Anguilla's GDP in 2018

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NPZ8 TIL that orcas killed during harvesting for marine parks were stuffed with rocks and sunk to prevent their discovery
j6dPQ TIL that in 1972, Italian musician Adriano Celentano released a song called Prisencolinensinainciusol. The name of the song and its lyrics are gibberish but are intended to sound like English in an American accent. It ended up being a big hit.
7rbd7 TIL books about how to reduce plastic waste were individually shrink-wrapped in single-use plastic by a US distributor. UK author Martin Dorey said: "We worked with the printer to make it one of the most environmentally friendly books this year. And then this."
l7NRA TIL the Mexican War of Independence and the Mexican Revolution occurred 100 years apart. Because of that, their bicentennial and centennial were celebrated together in 2010. Both events also lasted about 10 years.
kORP1 TIL In 1918, an American socialist called Eugene Debs was sentenced to 10 years in prison for criticizing the government participation in WWI, in prison he ran for president in the 1920 presidential election and managed to get 3.4% in the popular vote.