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TIL that 57 years of fusion research is equal to one fifth of Wall Street executive bonuses this year ($144 Billion). AND as much as 72 days of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. That is how under funded energy research is in the US.

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BrVpk TIL, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation had a contest to complete the phrase "as Canadian as ____" ....... The winning entry: "As Canadian As Possible, Under the Circumstances"
yVGle TIL Abraham Lincoln had already seen the play “Our American Cousin” and did not like it. He went at the insistence of his wife stating, "All right, Mary, I'll go; but if I don't go down in history as the martyr President, I miss my guess."
mxXpv TIL about Gary Plauche, a man who murdered his son’s molester and kidnapper on live TV. He received no jail time.
jx6j TIL that there are color pictures of Hitler’s 50th birthday.
449g TIL without affirmative action, whites, blacks, and Latinos drop in college admission rates…Asian admission rates rise.