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TIL that during Clinton’s presidency, then Chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan forced Clinton to reduce the deficit by threatening interest rate hikes. Greenspan later wrote in his book about how he singlehandedly put a stop to Clinton’s progressive policies.

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w9P6 TIL that the film ‘The Wolf of Wallstreet’ was allegedly financed by corrupt Malaysian government money, according to US Justice Department lawsuit
7rEPZ TIL that front singer of a-Ha had a long relationship with the woman from the "Take On Me" music video that started while producing the music video.
Brvay TIL that St. Claire of Assisi, who died in 1253 A.D., was named the Patron Saint of Television by Pope Pius XII in 1958, based on an incident in which she claimed the moving image and sound of a Catholic Mass had been miraculously projected on the wall of her room when she was too sick to attend.
b9PrQ TIL that the ridge going down my scrotum is due to the fact that I used to have a vagina. Apparently men initially develop as girls and once the body decides it's a dude, the labia fuses together into a ball sack and the clitoris becomes the tip of the penis, thus forever changing how I view my junk
1yR8 TIL the actor who played Boba Fett in the original trilogy was cast solely based on his uncannily fitting the costume which had already been made.