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TIL The President Pays For All Meals In The White House (that aren’t State Dinners)

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KLk9 TIL that the Pyrenean Ibex, which went extinct in 2000, was resurrected in 2009. For 7 minutes, the species was no longer extinct, but the baby died of a lung defect shortly after birth.
GNlQ TIL in 1859 there was a coronal mass ejection so intense it shocked telegraph operators and set their equipment on fire.
Yp0Nx TIL George Foreman was originally paid 40% of the profits for endorsing the George Foreman Grill. At the peak of the grill’s sales, he was making 4.5 million dollars a month.
gM5JD TIL Approximately 24,152 people have died climbing Denali including 11 in 1992. In addition. it costs about $11,000 to climb
mL4M TIL that Tokyo has a massive underground water storage area to deal with typhoons and flooding