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TIL the U.S. Army lieutenant colonel Alexander Vindman's family fled to the United States from Kyiv, Ukraine in December 1979 with only suitcases and $750. His mother had recently passed away in Kyiv and they were hopeful of a better life in America.

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nX5r TIL the Canadian ice hockey team were so dominant that they did not participate in the knock-out tournament of the 1930 World Championships. They were put straight into the gold medal final game, and the tournament was played to determine an opponent. Canada won 6-1 in the final to claim the gold.
l70oG TIL of a mother named Kathleen Folbigg, who was imprisoned for 2 decades for murdering her 4 children. Later, she would be pardoned by the Governor after it was discovered that the deaths were instead due to an extremely rare genetic condition.
4gw6 TIL Dick Cheney Flunked out of Yale University Twice
4Vya TIL after writing several scathing editorials about a scientist’s “ridiculous” claim that the moon could be reached with rockets, the New York Times published a correction…three days before the moon landing in 1969.
BrVgW TIL an inventor, Ray Kurzweil, made a set of predications in the 90's that have a 80% success rate. According to his predications, by next year there will be a new world government, nanotechnology by 2025, and we will be able to upload the mind via technology by the 2030's.