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TIL that Albert Brooks’ birth name is Albert Einstein.

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gJ79 TIL Muhammad Suharto the former President of Indonesia is considered the worlds most corrupt head of state due to embezzling between $15-35 billion during his 32-year presidency
JY4R1 TIL NBC would occasionally add a fourth note to its chimes to notify reporters to immediately return to the office to prepare historic news reports. The fourth chime was most famously used during the nation's D-Day reports, but was discontinued after WWII.
oWnY TIL a Harvard study found that 83 percent of radiologists didn’t notice a gorilla that had been superimposed on a series of slides that radiologists typically look at when they’re searching for cancer.
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