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TIL there is a guinness world record for "greatest robbery of a goverement" ,currently held by the dictator of the Philippines F.Marcos and his wife Imelda. It is estimated that they have embezelled up to 10 billion USD of which only 860 million have been recovered

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ZAmv TIL that JFK’s daughter was secretly gifted the puppy of the first Russian dog in space as part of a series of secret daily correspondence between JFK and Kruschev. The dog then proceeded to bite every Kennedy
m1VAM TIL that Z was not actually the last letter to be added to the Alphabet. Its actually J!
oBYdW TIL Theodore Roosevelt had A LOT of pets. His family had a badger, rabbits, a macaw, several guinea pigs, multiple horses, a pony, multiple dogs, a bear, a lizard, a hen, a one-legged rooster, a hyena, a barn owl, and a rabbit.
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nEmG TIL that after Disney threatened to sue three day care centers for unauthorized use of their characters, Hanna-Barbera gave them the right to use Universal characters as decorations.