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Today I learned President Bush called for reform of Fannie Mae more than a dozen times, only to be shot down by democrats.

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9YEeD TIL Police in Brazil ride buffalo when a patrolling because they can outrun criminals in rivers and swamps!
ZkXv TIL EA hired people to protest against their own games
8k7L TIL in 1999 Matthew McConaughey was arrested at 2:45AM loudly playing bongo drums, Nude and highly intoxicated. He was charged with Drug Possession charges, but was eventually let go with only noise ordinance charges and only $50 fine
0Qnj TIL: Today I learned about ghost flowers, a flowering plant with no chlorophyll.
a8E7J TIL that during WWII, Ford's mile-long assembly line at ‘Willow Run Plant” produced B-24’s at a peak rate of nearly one every hour (~63min). A symbol of American industrial might, exemplifying how industry (and some 6 Million women) pivoted to support the war effort, vital to Allied victory: