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TIL that AC/DC has never had a top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and has only cracked the top 40 three times. This is despite having sold 75 million records in the US.

by whatilearned August 12, 2022, 11:20 am

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TIL 36-yr-old Jamie Siminoff founded the company Doorbot in 2013 and went on Shark Tank to raise $700k. Jamie refused the lone shark offer from Kevin, rebranded the company as Ring, brought on Shaquille O’Neal as investor and spokesperson, and in 2018 sold Ring to Amazon for $1.2-1.8 billion.

by whatilearned August 8, 2022, 7:09 pm

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TIL that Andy Cato of Groove Armada sold the rights to his music and became a regenerative farmer

by whatilearned August 7, 2022, 7:27 am

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TIL that Alistair Cooke, the host of PBS Masterpiece Theatre from 1971 to 1992, had his bones stolen and sold on the black market for use in bone grafts. The cancer from which he died had spread to his bones, making them unsuitable for grafts.

by whatilearned August 3, 2022, 7:46 am

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TIL “The Razor and Blades Business Model” is the specific term used to describe a product sold at a low price (or given away) in order to increase sales of a complementary good. For example, low-cost printers that only accept expensive refill cartridges.

by whatilearned July 31, 2022, 1:44 pm

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TIL the infamous shock video “2 Girls 1 Cup” was originally sold as a DVD titled “Hungry B*tches”. The “vomit” in the movie was just food the actors had chewed and spit-out without swallowing, and film’s director has stated in court that the supposed excrement they consume was just ice cream.

by whatilearned July 28, 2022, 6:28 am

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TIL Lamborghini started out as Lamborghini Trattori, which designed, built and sold tractors

by whatilearned July 26, 2022, 5:00 am

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TIL in 1977 Indian painter, PK Mahanandia, sold his belongings and cycled 4,000 miles from India to Sweden to visit his love, Charlotte von Schedvin because he couldn’t afford a plane ticket. They got married in 1979

by whatilearned July 25, 2022, 8:35 am

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TIL that a child prince from the Khwarezmian Empire was sold as a slave after the Mongols invaded their land and killed his family. He arrived in Egypt and rose among the ranks until he became Sultan. He then served the Mongols one of their first major defeats in history. A Historical turning point.

by whatilearned July 24, 2022, 10:46 pm

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TIL in 1965 a 90 year old woman in France sold her home in an arrangement that allowed her to live in it for the rest of her life and receive a 2,500 Franc monthly payment. That women went on to be the oldest person in history and received over double the properties value.

by whatilearned July 23, 2022, 8:49 pm

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TIL that European trucks are rarely sold in the US was due to a 25% retaliatory tariff (aka the “Chicken Tax”) on European trucks, which was put into place after European countries got together and imposed tariffs on imported chickens from the US.

by whatilearned July 20, 2022, 6:29 pm

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TIL during the 1990’s, Volkswagen sold three special editions of the Golf as part of sponsoring three rock bands’ European tours: The Golf Pink Floyd Edition, the Golf Rolling Stones Edition, and the Golf Bon Jovi Edition.

by whatilearned July 17, 2022, 9:02 pm

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