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TIL when Tom Hanks was touring the White House, he learned that the press corps didn't have a coffee pot so he donated one then, and again in '10 and '17. "Keep up the good fight for Truth, Justice, and the American Way. Especially for the truth part" is the message that accompanied the '17 machine.

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PYOWZ TIL that a practical joker once set 70 old tires on fire inside Mount Edgecumbe, a dormant volcano in Alaska. Local residents thought the volcano was erupting until they saw "APRIL FOOL" spray-painted in 50-foot letters around the rim of the crater. He had been planning the prank for four years.
RPn1 TIL there is a “never-ending” wave in Brazil called a pororoca, attracting surf competitions from all over the world; the longest record for surfing a single wave is 37 minutes, and was for a distance of 12.5 km
Orpg TIL: 76% of all known serial killers in the 20th century were from the United States.
eA8E TIL Clark Gable nervously munching on carrots in “It Happened One Night” was the inspiration for Bugs Bunny’s continual munching on carrots
5YR7n TIL Russia built a city in China as the terminus for the Trans-Siberian railway. Its Chinese name, Dalian, comes from the Russian word for "far away".