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TIL the “ALS Ice Bucket Challenge” that swept the Internet in 2014 raised $115 million, of which 67% went to research, 20% to patient and community services, and 9% to public and professional education. In addition, the ALS Association has since tripled its annual budget for research.

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yQe8p TIL Kangaroo tendons act like springs so little muscular effort is used in hopping
0wvxj TIL Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer accidentally consumed a drink laced with sleeping pills, intended for a guest. When we woke, he found that his victim-to-be had burgled several of his personal items
pdJZ TIL that Spider-Man can use his ability to adhere to surfaces offensively- once, he ripped half of a woman’s face off.
6EP0Z TIL that Aaron Burr, infamous for killing Alexander Hamilton, was an early proponent of women’s rights. He praised Mary Wollstonecraft’s “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman,” and provided his daughter with an education usually only afforded to boys of the time.
Oo4Y7 TIL two of the three members of rock band ZZ Top have long beards. The third, Frank Beard prefers to be clean shaven.