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TIL that RT America is considered a "Foreign Agent" and is Funded by the Russian Government.

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mxYVY TIL that after the War of 1812, America went through the "Era of Good Feelings". During this period America experienced national unity and had only one political party, the Democratic-Republicans.
m11YE TIL that Mark Felt, who notoriously provided reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein with critical information about the Watergate scandal under the pseudonym "Deep Throat", was nearly nominated to serve as Acting Director of the FBI after the resignation of L. Patrick Gray in 1973.
gMD97 TIL there’s only one active pitcher (Bartolo Colon) in the top 1000 all time for complete games, and he’s in the 997th spot.
4kKOJ TIL That Sao Paulo has over 40,000 high rise buildings (That's more than 6x the number in New York)
byoj TIL that in 1965 Pakistani pilot M.M. Alam shot down five jet fighters in less than a minute – the first four within 30 seconds, establishing a world record.