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WkYmA TIL The Allman Brothers Band funded Jimmy Carter $800,000 to his nearly broke presidential campaign, without the donations he likely would not have won.
Oov74 TIL Wings (1927), not Top Gun, was one of the first collaborations with the DoD (War Department) and Hollywood.
0dg9N TIL That the Giant Palouse Earthworm can grow up to 3 feet long, can burrow 16 feet underground and when spits when threatened
nWxO9 TIL Terrence Howard, the actor from Empire and Iron Man (I), studied chemical engineering until he dropped out after disagreeing with a professor, with Howard insisting that 1x1 = 2, explaining "you can't conform when you know innately that something is wrong".
gMNVb TIL of "Lost Dakota"- a small portion of the Dakota Territory that was not given to any state in the late 19th century and was subsequently forgotten for five years. It was later annexed by Montana and is uninhabited to this day, although it is reportedly "infested with grizzly bears".