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TIL "All I Want for Christmas is You" by itself makes Mariah Carey $2.5 million each year.

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v1vP8 TIL Amsterdam Schiphol airport has a sniffing dog on staff who can return lost items to their owners before they even know they’re gone.
78YMb TIL "Where In North Dakota Is Carmen Sandiego?" exists, developed by Broderbund and Minot Public Schools for the 1989 North Dakota Centennial. With 5,000 copies sold and only 3 known to have survived, it's considered "one of the rarest video games ever made."
bJJN TIL in 1971, a woman petitioned a Judge for permission to sterilize her “somewhat retarded” daughter. Without a hearing, evidence, or representation for the daughter, the judge granted permission. The daughter later tried to sue the judge, but the Supreme Court voted 5-3 to grant the judge immunity.
g4ZL TIL the longest static wall sit is 11 hr 51 min and 14 sec. It’s held by Dr.Thienna Ho
BrKre TIL There are still people all over the world receiving money from the German government for their help during WWII