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TIL there are 33,000+ PhD graduates receiving public aid in the United States.

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8eMeZ TIL in 1995 a Hospital in Memphis anonymously received a $1 million McDonalds Monopoly game piece in the mail. McDonalds paid the hospital the prize of $50k for 20 years. It was later learned this piece was acquired as part of a years long scam and mailed to the hospital by the ring leader.
JBP4 TIL Hugo Jaeger, Hitler’s personal photographer and loyal follower, hid away his color photograph to avoid prosecution, then sold them to Life Magazine for a profit in 1955.
Men1W TIL the spikes on the end of a stegosaurus tail are called thagomizer, based off a Far Side cartoon
69AKW TIL that the phrase "dog days of summer" is millennia old and refers to the star Alpha Canis Majoris (aka Sirius) appearing in the sky in July
kRr5 TIL that after the Italian Prime Minister complained about Finnish cuisine, the Finns entered an international pizza competition, named their entry (with marinated reindeer meat) after the PM, and came in first place.