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TIL that 80% of the Tor Project’s budget comes from the US Government

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R7Oyj TIL that a United States' bombing campaign on North Korea from 1950 to 1953 destroyed approximately 85% of its buildings and killed 15-20% if the entire population
wodMM TIL many Olympic athletes are either broke or working 9–to-5 jobs outside of their training.
VQX4 TIL that Hitler had a digestive disorder that made him chronically fart.
XElrE TIL that in 1969, Sir David Attenborough was the BBC's Director of Programmes and was responsible for commissioning Monty Python's Flying Circus.
vaYK TIL when child actor Jackie Coogan turned 18 he found out all his money ($68 million) had been spent by his mother who argued “No promises were ever made to give Jackie anything. Every dollar a kid earns before he is 21 belongs to his parents.” Coogan’s Bill was passed to protect child actors