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TIL in the Marvel Universe, Steven Colbert was a front runner in the 2008 presidential election, and even won the popular vote.

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xVYoD TIL of NOMV (Not one more vet), an NGO created to raise awareness of the very high suicide rate in veterinarians. They are not professionally trained in counselling, yet they must do it on a daily basis.
JYw7Q TIL Miners in Canada found a dinosaur that still had its skin, muscles and internal organs preserved
6E6rX TIL the difference between stamina and endurance. Stamina is the amount of time one can perform an action at maximum capacity (ex: sprinting), endurance is the maximum amount of time one can perform an action (ex: a marathon)
rlK1 TIL that Bernard Waldman flew on the atomic bombing of Hiroshima to record the explosion, but he forgot to open the camera shutter and therefore recorded nothing.
WKl8 TIL Black Americans preferred staying with British Soldiers during WWII due to the abuse their fellow Americans hurled at them. Americans even tried to implement segregation in the UK.