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TIL That in 1986 United Way released 1.5 million balloons in Cleveland, which resulted in clogged waterways and an airport being shutdown.

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KORZ4 Til that an average American spends 700 dollars on gifts and holiday goodies, which totals upto 400 billion dollars each year
4knmX TIL that Sue, one of the most complete T. Rex skeletons ever discovered, was discovered on a Sioux reservation. This caused a five-year legal dispute over ownership, after which the skeleton’s owner auctioned it for $7.6 million.
O1Gg TIL Bill Wilson, the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, refused to accept an honorary degree from Yale and refused to allow his picture on the cover of Time, out of respect for AA’s principle of anonymity.
g75D TIL: Hitler had a framed pic of Henry Ford. Not only did Hitler specifically praise Ford in Mein Kampf, but many of Hitler’s ideas were a direct reflection of Ford’s racist philosophy
NXXlE TIL Hippocrates proposed the first classification of mental health disorders: Mania, Melancholy, Phrenitis, Insanity, Disobedience, Paranoia, Panic, Epilepsy and Hysteria. Some of these terms are still used today