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TIL there were six civilian deaths in the continental US during World War II, and they were caused by Fu-Go balloon bombs (regarded as the first weapon system with intercontinental range).

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6rdX TIL a 61 year old potato farmer won the inaugural Westfield Sydney to Melbourne Ultramarathon, a distance of 875 kilometres (544 mi). Almost two days faster than the previous record for any run between Sydney and Melbourne.
Mer0m TIL that Paulo Coelho, internationally famous author of The Alchemist, "pirates" his own works -- by publishing torrents of his own books on file-sharing sites -- because he discovered that torrenting his books on Bittorrent actually boosted sales of his books quite significantly.
eWEJ TIL Steve Jobs “eliminated all corporate philanthropy programs” at Apple when he became CEO and declined to join Bill Gates’ “Giving Pledge”
VMY6G TIL: White people are only 6.5% of the world’s population
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