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TIL that in 2012 F1 team Lotus agreed to pay Kimi Raikkonen around 50,000 euros for every point he scores in two years. Kimi ended up scoring 390 points in those two years resulting in 19.4 million euros bonus (higher than his salary), which almost ended up bankrupting Lotus.

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QJmMa TIL Japanese General Hitoshi Imamura was charged with and sentenced to 9 years for failing to control his subordinates as they committed war crimes against Australian troops. He thought that he got off too light so he reconstructed his cell in his yard and lived there for the reminder of his life.
pY5XG TIL of the Wildrake diving bell accident where two saturation divers became trapped in the bell at 522ft (159m) when both the lift & umbilical, carry power & hot water, became detached. Before rescue could get to them, they died of hypothermia.
X00p8 TIL that Spongebob Squarepants is the species of sponge known as Aplysina fistularis or "yellow tube sponge"
jO4M TIL Earning interest on loaned money originates from the lending of “food money” that was commonplace in Middle Eastern civilizations as early as 5000 B.C. The argument that acquired seeds and animals could “reproduce themselves” was used to justify interest.
nepEo TIL although quite rare, several cases of modern piracy have occurred on Falcon Lake on the Texas/Mexico border, mostly targeting boaters who venture close to the shore on the Mexico side. The violent Los Zetas cartel is largely responsible.