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TIL that IMDb, the Internet Movie Database, was purchased by Amazon in 1998 and has been owned by them since then

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b9VvE TIL that Cheap Trick has performed live more than 3,700 times.
78Wkb TIL the Sega Corporation was originally called Service Games with a focus on coin-operated amusement machines for servicemembers and moved to Japan after the US government outlawed slot machines in 1952.
KORvG TIL that it is a myth that more people are alive today than have ever lived. It is estimated that 50-100 billion or more are believed to have already died yet there are currently around 7 billion people alive. Not surprisingly TIL often says "There are more people alive now than ever lived"...Nope.
yVn5p TIL of Sister Exchange, a type of marriage agreement where two sets of siblings marry each other. In order to get married, a man needs to persuade his sister to marry the bride's brother. It is practised as a primary method of organising marriages in 3% of the world's societies.
J1aMj TIL of the battle of changping which cost 1 million lives between 262BC-260BC