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TIL a "Karen" is actually a group of people of eastern and southern Burma (Myanmar).

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vWG4 TIL that in 2010, the Kanye West Foundation received $572,383 but didn’t spend a single penny on charitable causes. In all 4 years it ran, the KWF only gave $7,695 in actual grants and donations (0.56% of it’s expenses).
v19ar TIL that former Waffen-SS soldiers guarded Nazi War Criminals during the Nuremburg Tribunal. This was because the soldiers were Latvian conscripts and did not choose to become soldiers out of their own free will, thus clearing their names and allowing their skills to continue to be put to use.
Ypmv TIL that when Charles Whitman began his shooting rampage at U Texas in 1966, a lot of locals grabbed their rifles and started shooting back. They kept him pinned down until the police could sneak up the tower and kill him.
bmdp TIL Dolly Parton co-owns one of the production companies that produced Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.
9wZZm TIL that Chris Farley completed most of his recordings for Shrek, and some of that audio was released.