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TIL that Fox News is financially controlled by a Saudi Royal and an Australian

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W7wA8 TIL about Parícutin, a volcano in Mexico that suddenly burst out of a farmer’s field in 1943, growing to a height of 200 metres in just 4 months.
D51V TIL in the Sydney Paralympic games of 2000, Spain’s basketball team were ordered to return their gold medals after nearly all of their players were found to have no disability.
nWpvG TIL About a fun boardgame about clues and colors called Hues and Cues from the Let's play a game foundation
d8Ze7 TIL chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream was invented by Ben & Jerry’s in 1984 by suggestion of an anonymous fan. The flavor wasn’t mass produced until 1991.
yQjoJ TIL a sitting US President was once arrested: Ulysses Grant was forced to go with his arresting officer to the police station to answer for the charge of speeding his horses through town.