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TIL Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer was created by the department store chain Montgomery Ward as one way to save money on some of their annual Christmas promotions

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7rPRb TIL in 2008, Phoenix AZ reported itself to be the kidnapping capitol of the US, with almost one kidnapping every single day. They receieved millions in federal funds. It was a lie.
p8j0b TIL: "The Havasupai people, which literally translates to 'people of the blue-green water,'” live near secluded waterfalls in the Grand Canyon. The tribal land is just outside the national park border. The water's striking turquoise color comes from calcium carbonate in the spring feeding the falls.
R79y9 TIL it is statistically harder to get a job in the FBI than it is to get accepted into Harvard
OJX6 TIL in 2012, a lone hacker mapped the entire Internet using a botnet running on 420,000 routers and released 9TB of data.
d8A77 TIL of the so-called "Ace of the Aces." An American fighter pilot who had 40 wins, more than any other during during WWII. His name? Dick Bong.