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TIL the leader of the US nuclear regulatory agency is Mr. Burns

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16Rvd TIL that Kai Ryssdal, host of NPR's 'Marketplace', was a US naval aviator and Pentagon staff officer attaining the rank of Lieutenant. Afterwards, he worked at a Borders bookstore for $7/hr
awnNL TIL that Alcoholics Anonymous does not have any organizational hierarchy and has been referred to as a ‘Benign Anarchy’.
ord8 TIL A Roman chariot racer called Gaius Appuleius Diocles is the highest paid sportsman in history. His total winnings earned him around £10bn in today’s money.
WkD9L TIL that a single strand of spaghetti is called a spaghetto
awY0A TIL of Sombra, drug detection dog of the Colombian Nat'l Police. She's led to over 200 arrests & seizure of at least 9 tons of illicit drugs. Police upped security for Sombra after the cartel Los Urabeños (aka Gulf Clan) put a bounty on her head. Reports on price for her murder varied from $7K-$70K.