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TIL Rick Astley has only earned $12 in royalties from the ‘RickRoll’ meme

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7rxkx TIL of the lost auto-biographical film starring Pancho Villa which incorporated live battle footage from the Mexican Revolution.
LQQb9 TIL about Joseph Trombino, a security guard who was seriously injured in the 1981 Brinks heist, almost killed in the 1993 WTC bombing, and ultimately died in the 9/11 attack on the WTC
Pdgw TIL There is a service called ‘Cleaning for a Reason’ that cleans the houses of cancer patients for free so they can focus on their health
p8AWZ TIL Researchers suggest that the ancient Chinese has been brewing beer since 7000 BC. It is believed that the ingredient used for the ancient Chinese beer were grapes, honey, hawthorns, and rice
16GVX TIL that there is a desert in Poland called the Błędów Desert (meaning the "mistake desert"). It is Central Europe's largest accumulation of loose sand and during WWII, the German military used to train there in preparation for the deserts of North Africa.