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TIL in 2006, VH1 Classic ran fundraiser for Hurricane Katrina relief in which viewers could donate $25 to see the music video of their choice. One viewer donated $35, 000. Their choice? ‘99 Luftballoons’. For an hour.

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47oN TIL that there is a zebra in hawaii with “golden” stripes instead of black, due to a pigmentation abnormality called amelanism.
YpykA TIL: The World Wingsuit League held the first and second World Wingsuit Championships in Tianmen. On October 8, 2013, during a training jump for the second world championships, Viktor Kováts plunged to his death when he was unable to open his parachute.
QNxoM TIL the 1900 election divided the American Anti-Imperialist League because while its endorsed candidate, William Jennings Bryan, supported anti-imperialism, he also supported free silver, which alienated supporters of the gold standard within the organization
1Wp8 TIL that the United States government made a film during World War II that explained the uses of hemp and encouraged farmers to grow as much as possible.
96MX TIL, Lucifer as a proper name was not originally in the book of Isaiah, as the word Lucifer is of latin origin which did not exist when Isaiah was written, and stems from a mistranslation in the King James Version of the bible. The original hebrew text may even be about a Babylonian king.